2022
Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Fournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N, Wunder EA, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 2132-2134. PMID: 36148970, PMCID: PMC9514363, DOI: 10.3201/eid2810.220497.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements
Corburn J, Vlahov D, Mberu B, Riley L, Caiaffa WT, Rashid SF, Ko A, Patel S, Jukur S, Martínez-Herrera E, Jayasinghe S, Agarwal S, Nguendo-Yongsi B, Weru J, Ouma S, Edmundo K, Oni T, Ayad H. Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements. Journal Of Urban Health 2020, 97: 348-357. PMID: 32333243, PMCID: PMC7182092, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban informal settlementsInformal settlementsSet of practicesCOVID-19 responseGlobal SouthHumanitarian standardsUrban poorAdequate housingInternational aidPublic administrationPrecarious settlementsCommunity groupsFood assistanceSocial groupsPolicy suggestionsSlum communitiesBasic needsDisaster responseImmediate moratoriumCOVID-19Long-term planCommunity health workersUrban populationSettlementSlums