Rise of Informal Slums and the Next Global Pandemic. (20th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ross, Allen G; Alam, Munirul; Rahman, Mahbubur; Qadri, Firdausi; Mahmood, Shehrin S; Zaman, Khalequ; Chau, Thao N; Chattopadhyay, Abhiprasun; Gon Chaudhuri, Santi P
• Is Part Of: Journal of infectious diseases. Volume 224:Supplement 7(2021)
• Page Start: S910
• Page End: S914
• Publication Date: 2021-10-20
• Subjects: health -- infectious diseases -- informal slum -- pandemic -- slum -- urban -- WASH; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab492
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1899

Abstract

Abstract: Informal slums are growing exponentially in the developing world and these will serve as the breeding ground for a future global pandemic. Virtually every sustainable development goal is unmet in slums around the globe thus we must act now to divert a global humanitarian crisis.