Children's health in slum settings

Rapid urbanisation in the 20th century has been accompanied by the development of slums. Nearly one-third of the world9s population and more than 60% of urban populations in the least developed countries live in slums, including hundreds of millions of children. Slums are areas of broad social and health disadvantage to children and their families due to extreme poverty, overcrowding, poor water and sanitation, substandard housing, limited...