Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10068, 2017, Pages 559-570

  Lilford, Richard J ^a   Oyebode, Oyinlola ^a   Satterthwaite, David ^b   Melendez Torres, G J ^a   Chen, Yen Fu ^a   Mberu, Blessing ^c   Watson, Samuel I ^a   Sartori, Jo ^a   Ndugwa, Robert ^e   Caiaffa, Waleska ^f   Haregu, Tilahun ^c   Capon, Anthony ^g   Saith, Ruhi ^h   Ezeh, Alex ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Research and Capacity Development Branch   (Kenya)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g United Nations University   (Malaysia)

^h Oxford Policy Management   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICS; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC POLICY; REVIEW; SANITATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WELFARE; WELLBEING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85005790418     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31848-7     Document Type: Review

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