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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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
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