… 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. …

… Improving access to housing can also yield several societal benefits, including increased
political participation, macroeconomic growth and job creation. (3) However, the scale of the …

… , and prototype houses using southeast Asian designs. Pooled … and dengue endemic tropical
regions in Africa and South … cases can be reduced by improved housing as indicated in our …

… be slightly higher in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Typical … Rural housing is represented
by a single-family house with … in particular sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, as shown by …

… , Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will need indoor cooling to avoid heat related health
… Building or improving a thermally efficient house is not always a matter of relying on the …

… and improved energy efficiency technologies in rural areas also … marginal areas of Africa,
Asia and Latin America is still a low … There are also other rural development and environmental …

… included minimal information from tropical regions and climates of Africa, South America,
Central … borders, tropical sub-regions were grouped by continents (Africa, America, Asia, and …

… living in urban areas from 40% to between 56–62% of the total between 2010 and 2050 [2];
only Asia … WHO Urban health: Major opportunities for improving global health outcomes, …

… Lack of education, low income, low wealth, living in poorly constructed houses, and having
an … Public policy measures that can reduce inequity in health coverage, as well as improve …

… and sleeping spaces can also improve indoor air quality and reduce the risks for respiratory
… in tropical region. Future research should focus on long-term health effects of novel housing …