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- Title
Informal urban settlements and cholera risk in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Authors
Penrose, Katherine; de Castro, Marcia Caldas; Werema, Japhet; Ryan, Edward T
- Abstract
As a result of poor economic opportunities and an increasing shortage of affordable housing, much of the spatial growth in many of the world's fastest-growing cities is a result of the expansion of informal settlements where residents live without security of tenure and with limited access to basic infrastructure. Although inadequate water and sanitation facilities, crowding and other poor living conditions can have a significant impact on the spread of infectious diseases, analyses relating these diseases to ongoing global urbanization, especially at the neighborhood and household level in informal settlements, have been infrequent. To begin to address this deficiency, we analyzed urban environmental data and the burden of cholera in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 3, pe631
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000631