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Inequities in Household Out-Of-Pocket Spending Among Urban Slum Dwellers in Southeast Nigeria

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesThis study examines the economic burden and inequities in out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria.MethodsThe cross-sectional study was undertaken in eight urban slums in Enugu and Anambra, Nigeria ...
Okechukwu Ozor, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, Aloysius Odii, Aloysius Odii, Joseph Paul Hicks, Shushan Li, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Bryony Dawkins, Obinna Onwujekwe   +10 more
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An Examination of Cultural Transformation in Türkiye After 1980 in the Context of “Neoliberal Governmentality”

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The January 24 Decisions of 1980 and the subsequent Özal era marked a profound rupture, carrying Türkiye from an import substitution economy to an outward‐oriented, “free‐market” order. Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of neoliberal governmentality, this study conducts a qualitative, interpretivist discourse analysis of Turgut Özal's ...
Muhammed Salim Danış
wiley   +1 more source

Diet, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Nutritional Status in Fiji: A Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake is essential for transitioning toward healthier, more sustainable diets. To design effective intervention programmes to promote F&V intake, it is crucial to understand intake levels and dietary patterns across different demographic groups as well as populations' nutritional status.
Fusta Azupogo, Sonja Y. Hess, Anasaini Moala Silatolu, Deanna K. Olney   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges to Achieving Surgical Equity in Slums

International Journal of Public Health
There is a critical lack of surgical data on individuals who live in urban slums, which hampers the allocation of healthcare resources and the provision of preventative measures.
Rahul M. Jindal, Rahul M. Jindal, Rahul M. Jindal, Sushila Tiwari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons for Immunisation Policy and Practice From the Deadly Measles Resurgence in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bangladesh is experiencing one of the deadliest outbreaks of measles in 2026, with at least 472 suspected child deaths and over 67,079 suspected cases as of 27 May 2026. It has happened primarily following a fall in measles vaccination coverage in 2025, largely due to the cancellation of a planned 2024 Measles–Rubella vaccination Campaign and ...
Md Masudul Haque, Juma Rahman, Shaira Hassan, Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Mohammad Zahirul Islam, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Janine Paynter   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond physical accessibility, bypassing health facilities offering caesarean section: insights from women in Dakar’s slums

BMJ Open
Objective The study examines the geographic accessibility of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmONC) among women residing in the slums of Dakar.Design The study is a cross-sectional geographic analysis of caesarean care utilisation in health ...
Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi, Cheikh Faye, Arsene Brunelle Sandie, Fadima Yaya Bocoum, El Hadji Malick Sylla, Ndeye Awa Fall, Barrel Sow Gueye, Diarra Bousso Senghor, Birane Cissé, Ibrahima Ousmane Sy   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding resilience in urban slums

PlaNext, 2016
Slums are typically perceived as substandard eyesores, corrupt, makeshift, impoverished and crime-ridden. The growing literature on resilience challenged these perceptions, and promoted new debates on their ingenuity and adaptability to overcome external circumstances.
Deepika Andavarapu, Mahyar Arefi
openaire   +1 more source

Stillbirth, Neonatal, and Child Mortality in Bangladesh: Progress and Persistent Public Health Challenges

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Bangladesh made substantial gains in child survival over two decades, with the under‐five mortality rate falling from 94 to 30 per 1000 live births between 2000 and 2020. Recent data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, however, point to a troubling reversal.
Md. Siddikur Rahman, Md. Abu Bokkor Shiddik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Immunisation Among Children Aged 12–23 Months in India—A Multilevel Modelling Analysis From the National Family Health Survey (2015–21)

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Under‐5 child mortality due to vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) contributes to an estimated burden of ∼5.2 million deaths globally, mostly within low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite ongoing efforts to expand immunisation coverage, gaps in immunisation remain a persistent public health concern, underscoring the need to examine ...
Mansi Malik, Saurav Basu, Siaa Girotra, Satyajit Kundu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

IJCM_46A: Attendance in Anganwadi centres through Anganwadi workers’ lens: A Force Field Analysis in Urban slum

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: The NFHS-5 found that 35.5% (Urban areas-30%) of children under five years were stunted and 32.1% were overweight (1). ICDS being a centrally sponsored scheme, is functioning nationwide in tribal, rural and urban slums; with a potential to ...
Mayuri Raul
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