The majority of urban inhabitants in low-and middle-income country (LMIC) cities live in
deprived urban areas. However, policy efforts and the monitoring of global goals and …

Urbanization in the global South has been accompanied by the proliferation of vast informal
and marginalized urban areas that lack access to essential services and infrastructure. UN …

Access to adequate water and sanitation is limited in informal settlements, contributing to
girls' challenges managing menstruation at school, especially when they cannot access …

Introduction In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), household survey data are a main
source of information for planning, evaluation, and decision-making. Standard surveys are …

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a central framework for guiding
sustainable urban development. However, it is not clear how and where SDG 11 …

The world is now predominantly urban; rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation continues
across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Health systems are struggling to …

Introduction Children from low-resource settings are more likely to encounter those factors
that adversely influence their ability to acquire developmental potential. This study was …

Practitioners bemoan lack of data as one of the biggest obstacles to progress towards global
sustainable development goals. This paper explores a scaled-up participatory method …

Background The growing urban population imposes additional challenges for health
systems in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). We explored the economic burden …

Introduction In 2021, an estimated 18 million children did not receive a single dose of routine
vaccinations and constitute the population known as zero dose children. There is growing …