SLUM HEALTH

Urban slum dwellersespecially in emerging-economy countriesare often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how a nd why slums can be unhealthy/ reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents/ an d suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jas...[Llegir més]