COVID-19 and informal settlements - implications for water, sanitation and health in India and Indonesia.

Parikh, Priti ORCID: 0000-0002-1086-4190, Karim, Yasmin Bou, Paulose, Jacob, Factor-Litvak, Pam, Nix, Emily ORCID: 0000-0003-3331-2046, Aisyah, Dewi Nur, Chaturvedi, Hemant, Manikam, Logan ORCID: 0000-0001-5288-3325 and Lakhanpaul, Monica (2020) COVID-19 and informal settlements - implications for water, sanitation and health in India and Indonesia. UCL open. Environment, 2. e011-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000011

Abstract

Informal settlements are home to over 1 billion people worldwide and are characterised by high population densities and poor environmental conditions. The authors identify the impact of COVID-19 on existing water and sanitation practices and potential pathways for the transmission of COVID-19 in informal settlements in India and Indonesia. In the short term, there is an urgent need for mobile and contactless hand washing, washing/bathing facilities and toilets. In the long term, COVID-19 provides an opportunity to invest in centralised water and sanitation networked solutions appropriate for high-density settings to integrate those settlements into cities and improve environmental conditions and health in these cities.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COVID-19, India, Indonesia, WASH, infection pathways, informal settlements, policy and law, the environment, water
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2021 09:10
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2024 02:26
DOI:	10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000011
Open Access URL:	http://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000011
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3130815