NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Children born to mothers who move to informal settlements while pregnant are likely to die before they reach four years ...

A new study suggests that the 'neighbourhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems. A team of academics led by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick ...

AXA Mansard Health has offered free health insurance to 100 children from the Chess in Slum community. According to the underwriter, the gesture is to demonstrate its belief that quality healthcare ...

Article ‘Count’ and ‘Share’ for Slum and Rural Health Initiative based on listed parameters only. The articles listed below published by authors from Slum and Rural Health Initiative, organized by ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. It is 8am and Diana Nthenya is busy washing her baby’s clothes. Nthenya, who lives in Mukuru Kwa Ruben slums in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Using mobile health technology to monitor patients in poor urban areas could improve residents’ access to health care while also reducing health care spending, a study conducted ...

Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) demolished over 100 shanties in a crackdown on unauthorized slum settlements in the city. This initiative aims to improve sanitation and uphold the Open Defecation ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the lowest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of slum populations, you can directly go to 5 ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Slum and Rural Health Initiative's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position ...