Too many left behind: The failing of COVID-19 prevention measures in informal settlements
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 09:10
in Health & Medicine
Around a quarter of the world's urban population—over 1 billion people – live in informal settlements and slums, the United Nations estimated in 2019. As the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic, the urban poor living in these dense and overcrowded neighborhoods are at risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus.