Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis

Lucy S.  Tusting; Peter W. Gething; Harry S. Gibson; Brian Greenwood; Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen; Steve W. Lindsay; Samir Bhatt

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003055

Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis

Lucy S. Tusting
, Peter W. Gething
, Harry S. Gibson
, Brian Greenwood
, Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen
, Steve W. Lindsay
, Samir Bhatt

Institute of Architecture and Technology

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Abstract

Housing is essential to human well-being but neglected in global health. Today, housing in Africa is rapidly improving alongside economic development, creating an urgent need to understand how these changes can benefit health. We hypothesised that improved housing is associated with better health in children living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We conducted a crosssectional analysis of housing conditions relative to a range of child health outcomes in SSA.

Original language	Danish
Journal	PLoS Medicine
ISSN	1549-1676
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003055
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2020

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