Knowledge gaps in the construction of rural healthy homes: A research agenda for improved low-cost housing in hot-humid Africa

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Autoři: Lorenz von Seidlein ^aff001; Hannah Wood ^aff003; Otis Sloan Brittain ^aff003; Lucy Tusting ^aff004; Alexa Bednarz ^aff005; Salum Mshamu ^aff006; Catherine Kahabuka ^aff006; Jacqueline Deen ^aff007; David Bell ^aff008; Steve W. Lindsay ^aff009; Jakob Knudsen ^aff003
Působiště autorů: Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand ^aff001; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom ^aff002; Ingvartsen Architects, Copenhagen K, Denmark ^aff003; Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ^aff004; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America ^aff005; CSK Research Solutions Ltd., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ^aff006; University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines ^aff007; Independent Consultant, Issaquah, Washington, United States of America ^aff008; Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom ^aff009; School of Architecture, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark ^aff010
Vyšlo v časopise: Knowledge gaps in the construction of rural healthy homes: A research agenda for improved low-cost housing in hot-humid Africa. PLoS Med 16(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002909
Kategorie: Policy Forum
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002909

Souhrn

Lorenz von Seidlein and colleagues discuss improving house designs in rural Africa to benefit health.

Klíčová slova:

Africa – Composite materials – Housing – Mosquitoes – Population growth – Sanitation – Water pollution – Bamboo

Zdroje

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