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Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Ebola Virus | Commentary

COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance

Authors: S. Van Belle, C. Affun-Adegbulu, W. Soors, Prashanth N. Srinivas, G. Hegel, W. Van Damme, D. Saluja, I. Abejirinde, E. Wouters, C. Masquillier, H. Tabana, F. Chenge, K. Polman, B. Marchal

Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health | Issue 1/2020

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While some countries are nearing or reaching their peak of coronavirus infections, others are only at what seems to be the early stages of the infection curve. Some of these countries, particularly in the Global South, contain some of the world’s largest informal and/or urban settlements and are low resource settings. Given that the last few months have shown us how quickly COVID-19 can push health systems to the brink or overwhelm them, even in high-income countries, it is worrying to think what would happen if the outbreak becomes severe in such contexts. …
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Metadata
Title
COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance
Authors
S. Van Belle
C. Affun-Adegbulu
W. Soors
Prashanth N. Srinivas
G. Hegel
W. Van Damme
D. Saluja
I. Abejirinde
E. Wouters
C. Masquillier
H. Tabana
F. Chenge
K. Polman
B. Marchal
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01198-0

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