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Urban Health in Africa

Edited by Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu
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Explores Africa's rapid urbanization and its crucial implications for health, prosperity, and sustainability.

Africa is home to many of the world's fastest-growing cities. In this book, editors Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing U. Mberu bring together a diverse group of scholars to explore the critical impacts of rapid urbanization on the health and prosperity of Africans.

Through compelling case studies, contributors highlight the unique challenges and innovative solutions in Africa's urban health. Essays cover a diverse range of topics—from housing to climate change—in various cities across...

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Explores Africa's rapid urbanization and its crucial implications for health, prosperity, and sustainability.

Africa is home to many of the world's fastest-growing cities. In this book, editors Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing U. Mberu bring together a diverse group of scholars to explore the critical impacts of rapid urbanization on the health and prosperity of Africans.

Through compelling case studies, contributors highlight the unique challenges and innovative solutions in Africa's urban health. Essays cover a diverse range of topics—from housing to climate change—in various cities across Africa. Considerations for urban health are vital to the continent's potential to prosper as it grows in population, and this book addresses critical issues related to infrastructure, transportation, natural disasters, and conflict. Covering a broad selection of topics and focusing on specific cities throughout Africa, this book examines everything from education and economic development to climate change, pollution, and the role of data in urban health and development.

From the resilience and creativity of slum communities to groundbreaking policies addressing air pollution and mental health, each chapter provides valuable insights into the continent's urban health landscape. Learn about the intersection of infrastructure, youth, and technology in shaping a healthier future for Africa's cities. Urban Health in Africa is an essential read for policymakers, researchers, and anyone interested in shaping a healthier future for Africa's cities and understanding the vibrant and complex realities of its urban life.

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Urban Health in Africa discards the crisis narrative to offer a more nuanced view of cities in Africa. Acknowledging that extremely rapid urbanization across the continent involves complicated, multifaceted, and inconsistent processes, this book includes encouraging case studies of how contributions of urban residents are shaping and defining the city.

— David Vlahov, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Urban Health

An exciting, forward-looking, 'one-stop shop' of urban health information, Urban Health in Africa acknowledges and unpacks the role of African cities as both central characters and powerful influencers in population health across the complex minutiae of everyday African life.

— Chi-Chi Undie, technical director / senior associate, The Population Council
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Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
1. Urban Health in Africa
Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu
Part I. History and Background
2. Looking to the Past to Understand Today's African Cities
Elaine O

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Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
1. Urban Health in Africa
Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu
Part I. History and Background
2. Looking to the Past to Understand Today's African Cities
Elaine O. Nsoesie
3. What Is an African City?
Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu
Part II. Social Determinants of Health
4. The Challenges of Informal Settlements and Slums in Urban Africa
Marylene Wamukoya and Kanyiva Muindi
5. Urban Food Insecurity in Eastern and Southern Africa during the Era of Sustainable Development: Making a Case for Slums
Linda Beyer
6. Housing as a Determinant of Health in African Cities
Meggie Mwoka
7. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Urban Areas of Africa: Situational Analysis and Opportunities for Improvement
Sheillah Simiyu and Phylis Busienei
8. Ambient and Household Air Pollution in African Cities
Kanyiva Muindi
9. Transportation and Urban Health Risks in Africa
Peter Elias and Femi Ola Aiyegbajeje
10. Road Access and Health Care Inequality in Urban Africa
Mansoureh Abbasi, Aissata Boubacar Moumouni, Marie Christelle Mabeu, and Roland Pongou
11. Conflict in Urban Areas in Africa and Implications for Urban Health
Eme T. Owoaje and Edward Asemadahun
Part III. Demographic Impacts and Health Behaviors
12. Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Urban Africa
Donatien Beguy, Blessing Mberu, and Kevin Nyamai
13. Urban Environments and Healthy Behaviors: Preventing the Epidemic of Chronic Diseases in African Cities
Meelan Thondoo, Feyisayo A. Wayas, and Tolu Oni
Part IV. Case Studies
14. Case Study of Participatory Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Urban Air Quality in Kampala, Uganda
Deo Okure, Engineer Bainomugisha, Daniel Ogenrwot, Richard Sserunjogi, Priscah Adrine, and Gabriel Okello
15. Case Study of Mental Health, Illness, and Resources in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Michael Guy Toguem and Barnard Christian Bela Zomo
16. Case Study of Improving Education to Address Determinants of Health in Arusha, Tanzania
Neema Mduma and Dina Machuve
17. Case Study of Integrated Planning as Pathway for Healthy Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Jane Weru and Patrick Njoroge
18. Case Study of Prospects of Digital Health for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya
Pauline Bakibinga, Dennis J. Matanda, and Elizabeth Bakibinga
Part V. Looking to the Future
19. Educating the Next Generation of Urban Health Scholars
Damilola Odekunle, Feyisayo A. Wayas, Lambed Tatah, Meelan Thondoo, and Elaine O. Nsoesie
20. Urban Health: 2030 and Beyond
Blessing Mberu and Elaine O. Nsoesie
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Elaine O. Nsoesie, PhD

Elaine O. Nsoesie (BOSTON, MA) is an associate professor in the department of global health at the Boston University School of Public Health.
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Blessing U. Mberu

Blessing U. Mberu (NAIROBI, KENYA) is a senior research scientist and the head of population dynamics and urbanization at the African Population and Health Research Center.
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