In the first paper in this Series we assessed theoretical and empirical evidence and
concluded that the health of people living in slums is a function not only of poverty but of …

Massive slums have become major features of cities in many low-income and middle-
income countries. Here, in the first in a Series of two papers, we discuss why slums are …

Millennium Project faced in the 19th century, when the first wave of urban industrialisation
imposed uncomfortably similar health threats upon the growing cities of Europe and the …

Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, most surveys of
health and well-being do not distinguish between slum and non-slum urban residents …

Urban poverty, ill health, and living in slums are intrinsically interwoven. Poverty is
multidimensional and there is no agreement on a universal definition. UN‐HABITAT has …

Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting
calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning …

Background It is generally assumed that urban slum residents have worse health status
when compared with other urban populations, but better health status than their rural …

Continued population growth and increasing urbanization have led to the formation of large
informal urban settlements in many developing countries in recent decades. The high …

In today's Lancet, Richard Mitchell and Frank Popham1 report on health inequality as
moderated by the degree of access to parks and other green spaces near the home. They …

Background Urban slums, like refugee communities, comprise a social cluster that
engenders a distinct set of health problems. With 1 billion people currently estimated to live …