Every year, extreme rainfall during the monsoon season, which begins in June and ends in September, results in approximately ...

Peter Joseph says he does his best to keep his family safe during the coronavirus pandemic. They all wear masks. They use hand sanitizer when they can find a supply – it's in short supply across the ...

In Kenya, one in five girls between the age of 15 to 19 years is either pregnant or has begun child bearing. Young girls in this age group account for almost 70% of all the pregnancies here in Kenya ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

A study conducted in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil has found that open sewers, accumulations of refuse, and inadequate floodwater drainage are acting as sources for transmission of the ...

As part of its CSR initiative, CitiusTech, a global leader in healthcare technology, has launched a program to make quality ...

Government-enforced social isolation can be devastating for the nearly 1 billion people around the globe currently dwelling in urban slums, where physical space is scarce and many rely on daily wage ...

Available data also indicates that over 60 percent of Uganda’s urban population lives in slums, under the most degrading ...

In a poor neighborhood in Islamabad, houses are right up against each other, families may live 10 or more in a single room and streets are narrow... Peter Joseph says he does his best to keep his ...