Proceedings of the IDRC-organised panels at the 8th International Conference on Urban Health, ICUH 2009, Nairobi, Kenya, October 18 - 23, 2009

Proceedings of the IDRC-organised panels at the 8th International Conference on Urban Health, ICUH 2009, Nairobi, Kenya, October 18 - 23, 2009

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Date

2010

Publisher

IDRC

Abstract

Workshop papers focus on waste management in informal settlements and urban slum conditions. Neglect by local leaders/government is key to an ongoing poorly functioning system. Urban authorities continue to leave beneficiary communities as ‘passive’ service consumers. To improve the urban environment and health status of the urban poor, affected communities should be involved in problem identification and proposed solutions. Unsafe water, poor drainage and garbage disposal, inadequate latrines and air pollution are key urban environmental problems.

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Some text in French

Keywords

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, SANITATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, SANTE, GESTION DES DECHETS SOLIDES, HYGIENE DU MILIEU, ASSAINISSEMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTES, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, SLUMS, WATER SUPPLY, DISEASE CONTROL, DRAINAGE, DIARRHEA, SLAUGHTERING, URBAN HEALTH, PARTICIPATORY APPROACH, SOUTH OF SAHARA, GLOBAL SOUTH