Lancet Series 2016: The Health of People Who Live in Slums

This flagship report, published by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), analyzes urban development data and shows how new forms of collaboration, urban planning, governance, financing, and learning can result in sustained positive changes for cities and those who live in them. The 2022 edition of the report provides insight into the future of cities, drawing from current trends, challenges, and shocks – such as the global COVID-19 pandemic – and offers suggestions for building…

This report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) illustrates the impact of living in an urban environment on child development. On average, urban children have better access to education, clean drinking water, and better outcomes compared to their rural peers—a product of the “urban advantage,” wherein households have better incomes and access to infrastructure. However, as the analysis in this report illuminates, urban children do not uniformly experience this advantage. Environmental health hazards, growing…

This Lancet Series addresses health issues in the Arab world, based on evidence interpreted mainly by scholars from the region, and adopts a multidisciplinary approach that includes medical, public health, social, and political perspectives. In the past few decades, the Arab region as a whole has made significant strides forward in health development and in improving the overall health and life expectancy of populations. However, challenges and opportunities remain. Series papers include: The State of…