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Friday, October 23, 2020

COVID-19: how lockdowns affected health access in African and Asian slums

Title:
COVID-19: how lockdowns affected health access in African and Asian slums
 
Authors:
Funke Fayehun, University of Ibadan
Bronwyn Harris, University of Warwick
Frances Griffiths, University of Warwick & South Africa Research Chair in Health Policy and Systems, University of the Witwatersrand
Narjis Rizvi, Aga Khan University
Pauline Bakibinga, African Population and Health Research Center
Syed AK Shifat Ahmed, University Bangladesh

Published:
The Conversation, 22 October 2020

From the article:
In a recent study, we explored healthcare and access to services in seven slums in Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. We were looking for insights of how health services are perceived in these communities before and during COVID-19-related lockdowns.