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“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
ABSTRACT Argentinian author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara identifies as a “socio‐environmentalist and writer” and has been actively involved in the feminist movement #NiUnaMenos since 2015, alongside her growing engagement with environmental activism. She advocates for Indigenous land rights, water accessibility, and challenges offshore petroleum extraction ...
Victoria Jara
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Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]
Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural
Konseiga, Adama
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This issue of Early Childhood in Focus draws attention to some key global challenges in providing healthy environments for young children. Section 1 recognises that multisectoral policy responses are needed to ensure adequate housing and improved water ...
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Parasitic infections like schistosomiasis, soil‐transmitted helminths, and malaria can impair nutrient absorption, oxygen supply, and brain function, leading to memory deficits, attention deficits, reduced intelligence quotient, weak academic performance, and motor or executive deficits.
Albertha Maku Adu +7 more
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Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums [PDF]
Summary In the first paper in this Series we assessed theoretical and empirical evidence and concluded that the health of people living in slums is a function not only of poverty but of intimately shared physical and social environments.
Caiaffa, W +13 more
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ABSTRACT Background Helmet wearing is crucial to prevent injuries which is influenced by diverse variables. There are some factors which affect helmet use or non‐use resulting in fluctuations in helmet use rate, globally. This study aimed at estimating global helmet use rate and identifying related barriers and determinants.
Ramin Rezapour +5 more
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in slums versus non-slums in Mumbai, India
A. Malani +10 more
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“It Will Get Crowded, It Will Get Dull!”: Preventive Sensations of Density in Zurich's Future‐Making
ABSTRACT In Zurich, Switzerland's largest and wealthiest city, future planning around densification has been intensely debated in recent years, spurring referendums and direct democratic votes, and permeating the public discourse through governmental communication, political propaganda, and heightened media coverage.
Sabrina Stallone
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Linking Poverty and the Environment: Evidence from Slums in Philippine Cities [PDF]
This paper examines the linkages of poverty and environment at the household level in Philippine slums. Rapid urbanization and the inadequate infrastructure and basic services in large towns and cities have led to the proliferation of slums and informal ...
Ballesteros, Marife M.
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