Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

Urban Survivors, a new multimedia project, seeks to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis and medical needs of people living in slums. Rapid urbanization has brought a sharp increase in the number ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

Extreme heat is affecting the health and ability to earn a living of slum dwellers in Africa. Studies reveal a quarter of ...

A growing crisis of overheating cities is impacting the health and livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living in ...

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a ...

MORE THAN half of the world’s slum population lives in Asia and the Pacific—including the Philippines—a new regional report ...

This video goes inside Pakistan’s largest slum, home to millions of people living in one of the most densely populated urban areas on Earth. It shows daily life beyond statistics, focusing on homes, ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Urbanization and Slums: Infectious Diseases in the Built ...

A new study suggests that the 'neighbourhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems. A team of academics led by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick ...

According to the national Census held in 2011 in India, metropolitan Kolkata is home to over 14 million people.