Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements

Autor: Katia Edmundo, Blessing Mberu, Saroj Jayasinghe, Waleska T. Caiaffa, Jane Weru, David Vlahov, Smurti Jukur, Eliana Martínez-Herrera, Jason Corburn, Lee W. Riley, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Albert I. Ko, Tolu Oni, Siddharth Agarwal, Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi, Sheela Patel, Hany M. Ayad, Smith Ouma

Publikováno v: Journal of Urban Health
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, vol 97, iss 3

The informal settlements of the Global South are the least prepared for the pandemic of COVID-19 since basic needs such as water, toilets, sewers, drainage, waste collection, and secure and adequate housing are already in short supply or non-existent

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6

Building Resilience to Climate Change in Informal Settlements

Autor: Sarah Colenbrander, David Dodman, Diana Mitlin, Diane Archer, Jorgelina Hardoy, David Satterthwaite, Sheela Patel

Publikováno v: Satterthwaite, D, Archer, D, Colenbrander, S, Dodman, D, Hardoy, J, Mitlin, D & Patel, S 2020, ' Building Resilience to Climate Change in Informal Settlements ', One Earth, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 143-156 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.002

Approximately 1 billion people currently live in informal settlements, primarily in urban areas in low- and middle-income countries. Informal settlements are defined by poor-quality houses or shacks built outside formal laws and regulations. Most inf

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https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/building-resilience-to-climate-change-in-informal-settlements(caf3e669-6afc-4f40-a99b-4a54c5da5576).html

From taking money to making money: SPARC, NSDF and Mahila Milan transform low-income shelter options in India

Autor: Jockin Arputham, Aseena Viccajee, Sheela Patel

Publikováno v: Environment and Urbanization. 30:85-102

In India, a new approach to finance has been transforming shelter options for low-income households and supporting community-led development over recent decades. This paper examines the financial architecture developed to support hundreds of communit

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247818754787

Association between Preoperative Indications and Outcomes after Major Lower Extremity Amputation

Autor: James, Andersen, Joshua, Gabel, Kristyn, Mannoia, Sharon, Kiang, Sheela, Patel, Theodore H, Teruya, Christian, Bianchi, Ahmed M, Abou-Zamzam

Publikováno v: The American surgeon. 85(10)

Despite aggressive limb salvage techniques, lower extremity amputation (LEA) is frequently performed. Major indications for LEA include ischemia and uncontrolled infection (UI). A review of the national Vascular Quality Initiative amputation registry

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31657299

'We beat the path by walking' Part II: Three construction projects that advanced the learning and credibility of the Indian Alliance

Autor: Sheela Patel, Sheridan Bartlett

Publikováno v: Environment and Urbanization. 28:495-514

This paper continues the story of the Indian Alliance (the partnership of SPARC, Mahila Milan and the National Slum Dwellers’ Federation), as it designed and built housing with urban poor communities from 1986 to 1995. It focuses on three cases in

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816644399