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 …

More than half of the world population lives in the cities and around one billion in poor urban
areas. These numbers are projected to increase, while Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with …

The informal settlements of the Global South are the least prepared for the pandemic of
COVID-19 since basic needs such as water, toilets, sewers, drainage, waste collection, and …

Poverty and food insecurity continue to feature prominently in the global agenda, with
particularly close attention being paid to the determinants of food insecurity. However, the …

Background Many low-and middle-income countries are undergoing a nutrition transition
associated with rapid social and economic transitions. We explore the coexistence of over …

Urban food systems have increasingly been recognised as a topic that needs to be better
understood, in order to address issues of urban food security and urban poverty. This is …

Background Despite numerous interventions promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in
Kenya, pockets of suboptimal breastfeeding practices are documented in Kenya's urban …

Poor breastfeeding practices are widely documented in K enya, where only a third of
children are exclusively breastfed for 6 months and only 2% in urban poor settings. This …

Objective: This study aimed to identify and rank the different aspects of households'
vulnerability to food insecurity. Design: The data were collected by a standard online …

Background Millions of people in low and low middle income countries suffer from extreme
hunger and malnutrition. Research on the effect of food insecurity on child nutrition is …