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Measles immunisation coverage in urban slums

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1999
A cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted in 32 slums of Udaipur city to assess the prevalence of missed opportunities for measles immunization, reason for their occurrence and potential impact of avoiding them on measles immunization coverage.
M K, Money, P, Mohan
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Resilient Dwellers of Urban “Slums”

Comparative Sociology, 2023
Abstract This study was designed to examine the survival activities of the street children in Ibadan, Nigeria, the street sub-cultures among them, the push factors, and language use in terms of their inventions of communication strategies for survival as “slum” dwellers.
Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi, Hadrat Mopelola Ajao   +1 more
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An urban slum revisited

Reviews in Anthropology, 1978
William Foote Whyte. Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1943.xii + 284 pp. $5.00.
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Urban “slums” and social mobility

Development Policy Review, 2018
AbstractInformal urban settlements determine the wellbeing of a large section of global humanity. Yet there has been little research on their role in facilitating social mobility. In theory such settlements may foster human progress by linking rural–urban migrants to the services, contacts and livelihoods concentrated in cities.
Ivan Turok, Joshua Budlender, Justin Visagie   +2 more
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Slums and Urban Renewal

1979
Slum housing is an all-too-familiar part of the British housing scene. In 1976 the English House Condition Survey estimated that nearly 800,000 dwellings were unfit for habitation: this represents nearly 5 per cent of the housing stock. When dwellings lacking one or more basic amenity are added to these, the proportion of substandard housing rises to ...
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Slums, Ghettos, and Urban Marginality

Urban Geography, 2010
Following the riots of 2005, many commentators were drawn to a comparison of Paris's "problem areas" with the U.S. urban ghetto. But are the poor suburbs of Paris truly akin to the Black ghetto of Chicago, the quintessential American city of sociological lore? Urban Outcasts makes a powerful case against the efficacy of the comparison.
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Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal

Royal Australian Planning Institute Journal, 1965
(1965). Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal. Royal Australian Planning Institute Journal: Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 170-174.
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Sustainable sanitation technology options for urban slums

Biotechnology Advances, 2012
Poor sanitation in urban slums results in increased prevalence of diseases and pollution of the environment. Excreta, grey water and solid wastes are the major contributors to the pollution load into the slum environment and pose a risk to public health.
A Y, Katukiza, M, Ronteltap, C B, Niwagaba, J W A, Foppen, F, Kansiime, P N L, Lens   +5 more
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Iron deficiency anemia in an urban slum

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2008
Of this pilot study was to assess the iron status and dietary intake of 1-3 year-old apparently healthy toddlers of the lower socio-economic class, and the effect of eight weeks intervention with liquid oral iron in an urban slum in Pune, India.50 toddlers (M= 25, F= 25) with mean age of 2.4 years (SD 0.82) were evaluated. Anthropometry, Food Frequency
N M, Hanumante, S, Kanvinde, N J, Sanwalka, M V, Vaidya, A V, Khadilkar   +4 more
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Diphtheria in urban slums in north India

The Lancet, 2000
We recorded a reappearance of cases of microbiologically confirmed diphtheria in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Poor immunisation coverage, population migrations, and overcrowded urban slums may be contributory factors.
R, Lodha, N R, Dash, A, Kapil, S K, Kabra   +3 more
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