Rise of Informal Slums and the Next Global Pandemic.

Ross, Allen G; Alam, Munirul; Rahman, Mahbubur; Qadri, Firdausi; Mahmood, Shehrin S; Zaman, Khalequ; Chau, Thao N; Chattopadhyay, Abhiprasun et al. · J Infect Dis · 2021

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Abstract

Informal slums are growing exponentially in the developing world and these will serve as the breeding ground for a future global pandemic. Virtually every sustainable development goal is unmet in slums around the globe thus we must act now to divert a global humanitarian crisis.

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