The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System
Open Access
- 10 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Population Health Metrics
- Vol. 6 (1) , 1
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-6-1
Abstract
With increasing urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned, underserved by social services, and their residents are largely underemployed and poor. Recent research shows that the urban poor fare worse than their rural counterparts on most health indicators, yet much about the health of the urban poor remains unknown. This study aims to quantify the burden of mortality of the residents in two Nairobi slums, using a Burden of Disease approach and data generated from a Demographic Surveillance System.Keywords
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