Rise of informal slums and the next global pandemic

Allen G. Ross; Munirul Alam; Mahbubur Rahman; Firdausi Qadri; Shehrin S. Mahmood; Khalequ Zaman; Thao N. Chau; Abhiprasun Chattopadhyay; Santi P.Gon Chaudhuri

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiab492

Rise of informal slums and the next global pandemic

Allen G. Ross, Munirul Alam, Mahbubur Rahman, Firdausi Qadri, Shehrin S. Mahmood, Khalequ Zaman, Thao N. Chau, Abhiprasun Chattopadhyay, Santi P.Gon Chaudhuri

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S910-S914
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	224
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab492
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2021

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