Background Housing is essential to human well-being but neglected in global health. Today,
housing in Africa is rapidly improving alongside economic development, creating an urgent …

Background Improvements to housing may contribute to malaria control and elimination by
reducing house entry by malaria vectors and thus exposure to biting. We tested the …

Background The influence of the safety and security of environments on early childhood
development (ECD) has been under-explored. Although housing might be linked to ECD by …

Background Improvements in health are an important expected outcome of many housing
infrastructure programs. The authors aimed to determine if improvement in the notoriously …

Housing is often described as an important determinant of health, but less commonly of child
health. Despite acknowledgment of the importance of housing to health, however, there are …

How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This timely new study looks
in detail at the impact poor housing has on health, using data from the National Child …

Background Malaria remains one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among
under-five (U5) children in Nigeria. Though different environmental factors have been …

Despite the use of accepted interventions to combat malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed
nets and artemisinin-based combination therapy, malaria remains a leading cause of …

Background Nigeria is among countries with high Under-Five Mortality (U5M) rates
worldwide. Both maternal and childhood factors have been linked to U5M in the country …

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 …