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“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]

open access: yes
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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Healthy Environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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 and Associated Cognitive Outcome Among School‐Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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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Global Evidence on Helmet Use and Misuse: A Public Health Perspective on Prevalence, Determinants and Barriers

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in slums versus non-slums in Mumbai, India

open access: yesLancet Global Health, 2020
A. Malani   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“It Will Get Crowded, It Will Get Dull!”: Preventive Sensations of Density in Zurich's Future‐Making

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 1, April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Poverty and the Environment: Evidence from Slums in Philippine Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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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