Cities & Health, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2022)

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Urban Health in Africa: Research to policy to action

Leading Editorial

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Research to address socio-environmental determinants of health and access to healthcare in urban(izing) Africa
Yonette Thomas, Tolu Oni, Charles Ebikeme & Blessing Mberu
Pages: 1-6
Published online: 05 Oct 2020
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The future of health in Africa must include urban health
Charles Ebikeme
Pages: 7-9
Published online: 30 Sep 2019
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Research for City Practice

Urban health in Africa: research to policy to action
Marcus Grant
Page: 10
Published online: 26 May 2022
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Research for city practice
Marcus Grant
Pages: 11-21
Published online: 17 May 2022
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Case Study

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A holistic approach to slum reduction: finding gaps in Cairo’s ‘how-to-deal’ model with international collected experience
Jawdat Goussous & Lama Tayoun
Pages: 22-36
Published online: 13 Mar 2020
AbstractforA holistic approach to slum reduction: finding gaps in Cairo’s ‘how-to-deal’ model with international collected experience | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | EPUB
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Women in the informal sector amid COVID-19: implications for household peace and economic stability in urban Zimbabwe
Kelvin Zhanda, Natalie Garutsa, Munyaradzi A. Dzvimbo & Albert Mawonde
Pages: 37-50
Published online: 09 Feb 2022
AbstractforWomen in the informal sector amid COVID-19: implications for household peace and economic stability in urban Zimbabwe | Full Text | References | PDF (384.1 KB) | EPUB
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Commentary and Debate

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Mounting an effective socio-ecological response to non-communicable diseases in Africa’s cities
Ebele R. I. Mogo, Anthony Lerno, Chalchisa Abdeta & Omotola Olufemi
Pages: 51-56
Published online: 28 Nov 2019
AbstractforMounting an effective socio-ecological response to non-communicable diseases in Africa’s cities | Full Text | References | PDF (653.7 KB) | EPUB
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Urbanisation and health services: developing a new model of primary health care in Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Jean-Bosco Kahindo Mbeva, Simbi Ahadi, Mara Vitale, Mitangala Ndeba Prudence, Yves Coppieters, Daniela Chinnici & Hélène Lambert
Pages: 57-61
Published online: 03 Dec 2019
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Reflective Praxis – Major Article

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Researching on sanitation behaviour and practices in low- income settlements: the need for sensitivity, skill, and creativity
Sheillah Simiyu
Pages: 62-71
Published online: 08 Jun 2020
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Reflective Praxis - Think Piece

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Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa
Fiona C. Shenton, Adamu Addissie, Graham Alabaster, Dorothy Baziwe, Maria Carrasco Tenezaca, Dingani Chinula, Ebrima Jatta, Musa Jawara, Robert Jones, Jakob Knudsen, Amy Robyn Krystosik, Robert McCann, Ng’Ang’a Murima, Francis Mutuku, Rachel Laure Nguela, Claudia Nieto Sanchez, Emily Nix, Fredros Okumu, Sarah Ruel-Bergeron, Jeroen Spitzen, Lucy S. Tusting, Anne L. Wilson, Hannah Wood, Julien Zahouli Bi Zahouli, Michael Davies & Steve W. Lindsay
Pages: 72-80
Published online: 08 Nov 2019
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Will there be lunch? Wry reflections on research-feedback challenges in Uganda, from a newly-minted academic
Heather Mackay
Pages: 81-86
Published online: 08 Jun 2020
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Original Scholarship

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Developing a participatory approach to building a coalition of transdisciplinary actors for healthy urban planning in African cities - a case study of Douala, Cameroon
Amy Weimann, Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi, Christopher Foka, Uilrich Waffo, Pamela Carbajal, Remy Sietchiping & Tolu Oni
Pages: 87-97
Published online: 05 May 2020
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Poverty profile and efforts to access basic household needs in an emerging city: a mixed-method study in Kigali’s informal urban settlements, Rwanda
Dieudonne Uwizeye, Albert Irambeshya, Simeon Wiehler & François Niragire
Pages: 98-112
Published online: 16 Jun 2020
AbstractforPoverty profile and efforts to access basic household needs in an emerging city: a mixed-method study in Kigali’s informal urban settlements, Rwanda | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | EPUB
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Access to health care in African cities: therapeutic pathways of city dwellers with mental health problems in Yaoundé – Cameroon
H. Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi
Pages: 113-122
Published online: 28 Apr 2020
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Encroachment on green open space, its implications on health and socio-economy in Akure, Nigeria
Michael Oloyede Alabi
Pages: 123-135
Published online: 16 Sep 2019
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Insight into the missing aspects of therapeutic landscape in psychological centres in Kigali, Rwanda
Rahman Tafahomi & Reihaneh Nadi
Pages: 136-148
Published online: 19 Jun 2020
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Awareness and attitudes towards the use of recycled faecal sludge products in Nairobi’s slums
Hellen Gitau, Ivy Chumo, Kanyiva Muindi, Sheillah Simiyu & Blessing Mberu
Pages: 149-158
Published online: 03 Sep 2020
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Conflict and crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya
Kanyiva Muindi, Blessing Mberu, Isabella Aboderin & Dickson Amugsi
Pages: 159-167
Published online: 08 Sep 2020
AbstractforConflict and crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB) | EPUB
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Levels of household exposure to solid waste dumpsites and associated loss to health in urban Kenya and Senegal
Blessing Mberu, Michael Mutua, Caroline Kabaria, Dickson Amugsi & Kanyiva Muindi
Pages: 168-179
Published online: 23 Jun 2020
AbstractforLevels of household exposure to solid waste dumpsites and associated loss to health in urban Kenya and Senegal | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB) | EPUB
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Spatial pattern and determinants of diarrhoea morbidity among under-five-aged children in Lagos State, Nigeria
Yingigba C. Akinyemi
Pages: 180-191
Published online: 11 Jun 2019
AbstractforSpatial pattern and determinants of diarrhoea morbidity among under-five-aged children in Lagos State, Nigeria | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB
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Of fatness, fitness and finesse: experiences and interpretations of non-communicable diseases in urban Uganda
Heather Mackay
Pages: 192-207
Published online: 29 Apr 2020
AbstractforOf fatness, fitness and finesse: experiences and interpretations of non-communicable diseases in urban Uganda | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | EPUB
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Biomedical waste management in Dakar, Senegal: legal framework, health and environment issues; policy and program options
Cheikh Dieng, Blessing Mberu, Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Cheikh Faye, Dickson Amugsi & Isabella Aboderin
Pages: 208-222
Published online: 31 Jul 2020
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Landscape analysis of faecal waste management policy gaps in Eastern Africa
Agnes Nanyonjo, Caroline Kabaria & Blessing Mberu
Pages: 223-238
Published online: 23 Jun 2020
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Correction

Correction
Correction
Page: I
Published online: 09 Feb 2022
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