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A qualitative study of Nigerian community members awareness of Mpox and their willingness and barriers to receiving the Mpox vaccine

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Background Two vaccines, the JYNNEOS and ACAM 2000 have been approved for use for Mpox protection, however vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal poses a significant challenge in its uptake. This study explored participants’ awareness of Mpox, willingness,
Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Toluwase Ayobola Olufadewa, Evaezi Okpokoro, Oluwafemi Babatunde Daodu, Fehintola Ige, Sylvia Adebajo, Ehimario Uche Igumbor, Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu, Musbaudeen Olaitan Ibrahim, Rosemary Ajuma Audu   +11 more
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Assessing benefits of slum upgrading programs in second-best settings [PDF]

Slum upgrading programs are being used by national and city governments in many countries to improve the welfare of households living in slum and squatter settlements.
Dasgupta, Basab, Lall, Somik V.
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EMBODIED DATA/SUBALTERN DATAFICATION: Reimagining the Data‐Based City Through Quantified Lived Experience

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article outlines possibilities for counter configurations of data‐based urbanisms, whereby data practices, rather than reproducing logics of urban entrepreneurialism and smart‐city governance, are made from within urban peripheral territories.
Andrés Luque‐Ayala, Rodrigo Firmino
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Unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use among residents of slum and non-slum areas in Kinshasa, DRC: a comparative analysis using PMA survey data (2014–2020)

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Urbanization is rapidly increasing worldwide, with slum settlements emerging as a significant concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Francis K. Kabasubabo, Cheikh M. Faye, Yohannes D. Wado, Pierre Z. Akilimali   +3 more
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Foctors that prevent children from gaining access to schooling : a study of Delhi Slum households [PDF]

This paper examines the factors that prevent slum children aged 5 to 14 from gaining access to schooling in light of the worsening urban poverty and sizable increase in rural-to-urban migration.
Tsujita, Yuko
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti, Deljana Iossifova, Alexandros Gasparatos   +2 more
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Habitabilidad básica en la enseñanza

Cuadernos de Investigación Urbanística, 2015
"Tomé la decisión de estudiar arquitectura hace ya veinte años después de leer La ciudad de la Alegría, de Dominique Lapierre, y descubrir lo que podía ser la vida en un slum (tugurio) -que hasta entonces desconocía-.
Belé Gesto Barroso
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EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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Constraints faced by urban poor in managing diabetes care: patients’ perspectives from South India

Global Health Action, 2013
Background: Four out of five adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). India has the second highest number of diabetes patients in the world. Despite a huge burden, diabetes care remains suboptimal.
Upendra Bhojani, Arima Mishra, Subramani Amruthavalli, Narayanan Devadasan, Patrick Kolsteren, Stefaan De Henauw, Bart Criel   +6 more
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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