Authors
Annie Wilkinson, Harris Ali, Juliet Bedford, Somsook Boonyabancha, Creighton Connolly, Abu Conteh, Laura Dean, Filiep Decorte, Bruno Dercon, Sonia Dias, David Dodman, Raimond Duijsens, Sandra D’Urzo, Gwendolen Eamer, Lucy Earle, Jaideep Gupte, Alex Apsan Frediani, Arif Hasan, Kate Hawkins, Natalia Herbst, Aynur Kadihasanoglu, Roger Keil, Eliud Kibuchi, Melissa Leach, Richard Lilford, Joseph Macarthy, Diana Mitlin, David Napier, Ian O’Donnell, Oyinlola Oyebode, Kim Ozano, Laxman Perera, Sabina Rashid, Beate Ringwald, Santiago Ripoll, Amjad Saleem, David Satterthwaite, Sudie Austina Sellu, Omar Siddique, Cynthia Soesilo, Kerstin Sommer, Rosie Steege, Alice Sverdlik, Cecilia Tacoli, John Taylor, Sally Theobald, Rachel Tolhurst, Anna Walnycki, Samuel Watson, Lana Whittaker
Publication date
2020/5/5
Journal
Environment and urbanization
Pages
095624782092284
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Description
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action. There is heightened concern about informal urban settlements because of the combination of population density and inadequate access to water and sanitation, which makes standard advice about social distancing and washing hands implausible. There are further challenges to do with the lack of reliable data and the social, political and economic contexts in each setting that will influence vulnerability and possibilities for action. The potential health impacts of COVID-19 are immense in informal settlements, but if control measures are poorly executed these could also have severe negative impacts. Public health interventions must be balanced with social and economic interventions, especially in relation to the …
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A Wilkinson, H Ali, J Bedford, S Boonyabancha… - Environment and urbanization, 2020