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As part of the research on the health of women and girls in low-income urban settings, we will be conducting two case studies in India.
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As part of the research on the health of women and girls in low-income urban settings, we will be conducting a case study in Kenya. The case study explores experiences with policy devolution, its effects on HIV services for women and girls and the ability of women and girls in low-income urban se
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As part of the research on the health of women and girls in low-income urban settings, we will be conducting three case studies in South Africa.
Updates
A new policy briefing from IDS calls for decision-makers to take a broader approach to address the social, structural and economic determinants of health, and to ensure community involvement in interventions with genuine gender inclusivity. The paper is based on six case studies and a thematic review examining women’s and girls’ access to health in low-income urban settlements.
The urban share of poverty is increasing: according to the UN, by 2030 almost 60 per cent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Health, gender and urbanisation are all included in the Sustainable Development Goals, but are the links clear enough? This blog post takes a look at the Global Goals and how urban health and gender are represented.
Pauline Oosterhoff, from IDS, presented her policy case study on Urban Health Policy in an Indigenous Context in India as part of a Panel Session on Urbanisation, Health & Policy at the MAGic2015 conference on ‘Anthropology and Global Health: interrogating theory, policy and practice’, which took place at the University of Sussex from 9-11th September 2015.
Related documents
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Institute of Development Studies UK 2016The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there exist multiple barriers to access to health services for women and girls. Based on six case studies and a thematic review...
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Institute of Development Studies UK 2015Despite impressive legal provisions addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights, South Africa experiences very high levels of adolescent pregnancy and women and girls are often negatively affected by uneven gender relations, poor access to health services and a lack of knowledge about SRHR...
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Institute of Development Studies UK 2014This document examines a case study of the Philani Mentor Mothers Programme - a maternal mental health intervention in South Africa. Specifically, it describes the context of global health, mental health in South Africa, and a case study of a generalist health intervention (with a maternal...
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A case study of community-level intervention for non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape TownInstitute of Development Studies UK 2013While NCDs affect both women and men in a setting like Khayelitsha (an urban township of Cape Town), there are particular factors that need to be considered with respect to the way in which this burden of disease impacts on the health of women and girls in such contexts. This document presents a...
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Institute of Development Studies UK 2014This thematic review examines the literature focuses on a range of health challenges faced in particular by women and girls living in low-income urban settlements in expanding cities in Kenya and South Africa. The authors examine specific health issues that affect vulnerable women and girls in the...
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Health & Place 2010Developing country urban contexts present multiple challenges to those responsible for ensuring the good health of urban populations. These include urban growth, migration, informal settlements, intra-urban inequalities and – in some cases – high HIV prevalence. Using Johannesburg as a...
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VU-DARE Repository 2008This paper reports on an epidemiological study of common mental health and substance abuse problems in a historically disadvantaged urban and rural community in South Africa. In the rural Limpopo Province of South Africa, and in a peri-urban township near Cape Town, self-report instruments were...
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University of the Western Cape Research Repository 2007This paper illustrates the unique involvement of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in a successful participatory action research project on the prevention of hypertension and diabetes and promotion of health in site C, Khayelitsha, a deprived urban area of Cape Town...
