The world is becoming more urban every day, and the process has been ongoing since the
industrial revolution in the 18th century. The United Nations now estimates that 3.9 billion …

The world is becoming urban. The UN predicts that the world's urban population will almost
double from 3· 3 billion in 2007 to 6· 3 billion in 2050. Most of this increase will be in …

To inform the development of multilevel strategies for addressing HIV risk among labor
migrants, 97 articles from the health and social science literatures were systematically …

Although the dire life circumstances of labor migrants working in Russia are well-known,
their HIV risk vulnerability and prevention needs are understudied. Low socioeconomic …

In 2009, a major demographic line was crossed: for the first time in history, the majority of the
world population lived in cities rather than in towns and countryside (Fig. 4.1). This shift has …

O presente artigo discute as implicações das mudanças no paradigma produtivo sobre a
saúde e o ambiente no meio rural brasileiro. Para tanto, analisa dados de produção …

The purpose of this study was to investigate HIV risk behaviors and their multilevel
determinants in male labor migrants from Tajikistan to Moscow. In Russia and Central Asia …

This study analyzes data from a new Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance (UHDSS)
in five slums in Dhaka (North and South) and Gazipur City Corporations to examine the …

We examined the relation between high mobility/migration (sex work in three or more
villages/towns within the past year) and HIV risk factors among a sample of female sex …

PURPOSE: Despite the exceptionally large population of young migrants in China, as well
as increasing rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in recent years, condom use …