Affordable house designs to improve health in rural Africa: a field study from northeastern Tanzania

L von Seidlein, K Ikonomidis, S Mshamu… - … Planetary Health, 2017 - thelancet.com
… Our findings showed that a southeast Asian house design (with elevated structure, screened
… With regards to the reduction in night-time temperatures in houses adapted to tropical

Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis

LS Tusting, PW Gething, HS Gibson… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
improved housing is associated with better health in children living in sub-Saharan Africa
(… sectional analysis of housing conditions relative to a range of child health outcomes in SSA. …

Housing improvements and malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis of survey data

LS Tusting, C Bottomley, H Gibson, I Kleinschmidt… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… modern, improved housing compared to traditional housing in … tropical settings indicates
that modern, well-built housing … ]—presents an unrivalled opportunity to build healthier homes. …

Potential contribution of renewables to the improvement of living conditions of poor rural households in developing countries: Cameroon׳ s case study

E Mboumboue, D Njomo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
… Some regions, such as Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia… other regions, such as
sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, … The dry tropical and Sahelian climates characterize the …

[PDF][PDF] An Evaluation on Low Cost and Energy Efficient Housing Design in Tropical Climates

A KAMANO, SA SELÇUK - IDU SPAD'20 International Spatial Planning and … - academia.edu
… used to improve health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa. These low-cost homes combine
Asian architectural features (to optimize airflow) with traditional African building methods …

Assessing the impact of a novel house design on the incidence of malaria in children in rural Africa: study protocol for a household-cluster randomized controlled …

S Mshamu, A Mmbando, J Meta, J Bradley, TC Bøjstrup… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
… design is derived from traditional rural Asian house designs, which are … of homes in sub-Saharan
Africa with improved water and … People need comfortable and healthy homes and rapid …

Assessing the impact of a novel house design on the incidence of malaria in children in rural Africa: study protocol for a household randomized controlled trial.

S Mshamu, A Mmbando, J Meta, J Bradley, TC Bøjstrup… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
rural housing in hot, humid regions of sub-Saharan Africa … is derived from traditional rural
Asian house designs, which are … Affordable house designs to improve health in rural Africa: a …

Rapid improvements to rural Ugandan housing and their association with malaria from intense to reduced transmission: a cohort study

JC Rek, V Alegana, E Arinaitwe, E Cameron… - … lancet Planetary health, 2018 - thelancet.com
House design improved rapidly in rural Uganda and was associated … development. Our
findings suggest that rapid improvements in house design are occurring in parts of rural Africa

Poverty reduction through water interventions: A review of approaches in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia

Z Ahmed, D Gui, Z Qi, Y Liu - Irrigation and Drainage, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… as well as rain-fed agriculture to improve rural livelihoods in the SSA and SA regions. …
Less investment is required in the humid tropics due to sufficient water availability, while in …

[PDF][PDF] Policies, regulations and legislation promoting healthy housing: a review

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
… positive health benefits, such as those focused on improving housing … to council housing,
while the Liverpool Healthy Homes … illustrates how housing policy in East Asian countries in the …