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Housing infrastructure and women in care: COVID-19 experiences from urban informal settlements of Khulna, Bangladesh

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Death and mourning in times of COVID-19. The experience of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa

Núñez, L. (2024) · Death Studies · doi:10.1080/07481187.2024.2420240 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Diffracting the Global: Exploring the Implementation of WHO’s COVID-19 Protocols in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sebeelo, T. B. (2023) · Insight on Africa · doi:10.1177/09750878221135078 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Flood vulnerability in township informal settlements

Gcabashe, S. W., & Pillay, S. (2026) · Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies · doi:10.4102/jamba.v18i1.1833 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Exploring the Impact of Socio-Economic Disparities on Crime Rates in Urban India

Saravanan, V. (2026) · Trends in Finance and Economics · doi:10.46632/tfe/4/1/4 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Exploring swallowing, feeding and communication characteristics of toddlers with severe acute malnutrition

Eslick, C. J., Krüger, E. E., & Kritzinger, A. (2022) · South African Journal of Communication Disorders · doi:10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.874 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Gender, digital financial services and vulnerability in the era of pandemics: A cross-sectional analysis

Amidu, M., Akakpo, A. A., Mensah, J. K., & Asiedu, E. (2023) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.111232.2 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Pathways to assisted self-help housing: the evolution of Mexico’s housing governability system

Valenzuela, L., Friendly, A., & van Noorloos, F. (2023) · International Development Planning Review · doi:10.3828/idpr.2023.11 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Spaces of quiet resistance: navigating health and socio-spatial challenges in informal settlements during the COVID-19 pandemic

Collado, J. R. N. (2024) · Town Planning Review · doi:10.3828/tpr.2024.17 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Long-term poverty, financial distress and physical assault experienced by households in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hector, T. J., van Niekerk, A., Swart, L., & Govender, R. (2025) · Social Sciences & Humanities Open · doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101342 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Lessons from COVID-19 in South Africa: Keeping our environment clean should be the first law of health

Chetty, S., & Bangalee, V. (2021) · South African Family Practice · doi:10.4102/safp.v63i1.5297 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Resilience to Depression Among Emerging Adults in South Africa: Insights From Digital Diaries

Levine, D., Theron, L. C., Haffejee, S., & Ungar, M. (2024) · Emerging Adulthood · doi:10.1177/21676968241273319 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

COVID-19 lived experiences among informal settlement dwellers in the global south: a scoping review

Amponsah, R., Miller, M. V., McConnell, N., & Lawson, A. (2025) · Cities & Health · doi:10.1080/23748834.2025.2513775 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

The Women and Children of India’s Red-Light Brothel Districts: An Exploratory Investigation of Vulnerability and Survival During a Global Pandemic

Karandikar, S., Dalla, R. L., & Casassa, K. (2024) · Community Health Equity Research & Policy · doi:10.1177/2752535x241280226 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Dissecting Disaster Responses during COVID-19: An eThekwini Municipality Experience

Mantzaris, E. A., & Ngcamu, B. S. (2020) · Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa · doi:10.29086/2519-5476/2020/sp32a5 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Mapping urban physical distancing constraints, sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from Kenya

Chamberlain, H. R., Macharia, P. M., & Tatem, A. J. (2022) · Bulletin of the World Health Organization · doi:10.2471/blt.21.287572 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Suicide During the Pandemic in an Informal Settlement of Bengaluru

Sahu, B., Tamysetty, S., & Babu, G. R. (2023) · International Journal of Health Sciences and Research · doi:10.52403/ijhsr.20230124 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown regulations and relief measures: impact on food security among slum dwellers of Soshanguve, South Africa

Akinboade, O. A., Taft, T., & Ngoepe-Ntsoane, M. J. (2025) · International Journal of Social Economics · doi:10.1108/ijse-07-2024-0541 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Nairobi’s Marginal Postcolonial Homes: The House Signifier in Meja Mwangi’s Fiction

Omuteche, J. (2025) · Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies · doi:10.1080/23277408.2025.2460871 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Urban child poverty in Kampala city, insights from children’s drawings

Kwiringira, J. N., Okimait, D., Perry, E. W., Akugizibwe, M., Otim, J., Bhangyi, V. B., Balyejjusa, S. M., Mugisha, J., Isabirye, A., & Rujumba, J. (2025) · Discover Global Society · doi:10.1007/s44282-025-00276-4 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Context Matters: Urban Typology and Pandemic‐Related Mental Health Decline in Low‐Income South African Settings

Visser, M. J., Delport, R., Neethling, A., Madela-Mntla, E. N., Everatt, D., Palanee‐Phillips, T., Barnard, T. G., & Hugo, J. (2026) · Journal of Community Psychology · doi:10.1002/jcop.70084 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

COVID-19 phobia, response to the vaccine and the right of urban migrant dwellers in the Ghanaian slums

Agyabeng, A. N., Preko, A., Avusuglo, K. H., Kumasey, A. S., Kantanka, A. S., & Feglo, M. (2023) · International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare · doi:10.1108/ijhrh-06-2022-0057 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Urban Form and Health Status in Gauteng, South Africa

Delport, R., Everatt, D., Palanee‐Phillips, T., Hugo, J. F. M., & Barnard, T. G. (2023) · Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation/Advances in science, technology & innovation · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27308-7_27 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

RESIDENT ADAPTATION AND HOUSING ADJUSTMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDONESIA

Setiadi, A., wiarti, L. A., Wardhani, M. K., & T.E. Rahayu (2023) · ALAM CIPTA International Journal Of Sustainable Tropical Design & Practice · doi:10.47836/ac.16.1.art4 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

“if we don’t regroup, hunger will kill us…”: a qualitative study on measures of physical distancing during covid-19 among internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso

Kadio, K., Ly, A., Ouédraogo, A., Ahmed, M. A. A., Yaya, S., & Gagnon, M. (2023) · Frontiers in Sociology · doi:10.3389/fsoc.2023.1189235 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Rethinking Social Housing Provisions and Public Health in Emerging Low-Income Peri-Urban Human Settlements, an Expose from Harare, Zimbabwe

Dzvimbo, M. A., Mawonde, A., Chaminuka, N., & Zhanda, K. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_149-1 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

The socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on families affected by childhood respiratory illnesses in Cape Town, South Africa

Anthony, M. G., Hoddinott, G., van Niekerk, M., Dewandel, I., McKenzie, C., Bekker, C., Rabie, H., Redfern, A., & van der Zalm, M. M. (2024) · PLOS Global Public Health · doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0003020 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Urban health in Indonesia: Progress and prospects for urban resilience

Abdillah, A., Widianingsih, I., Buchari, R. A., & Nurasa, H. (2024) · Developments in environmental science · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-21948-1.00021-2 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Factors influencing mask use and physical distancing for COVID-19: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Arikpo, D., Onyema, O. A., Oku, A. O., Meremikwu, C., Hurwitz, H. H., Toledo, J., Dunn, K., Baller, A., Smith, H. J. J., & Meremikwu, M. M. (2025) · Journal of Public Health in Africa · doi:10.4102/jphia.v16i2.614 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Verticalized Slums, Governmentality and Pandemic Governance: A Critical Hermeneutical Analysis of Governance Practices in a Selected Urban High-Rise in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Korala, A., & Cummings, V. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21414-1_14 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

The Ripple Effects of Covid-19 on South Africa's Building and Construction Industry: Workforce Reduction and Project DelaysPreprint

Chabalala, N., Weaich, M., Simbanegavi, P., Ndlovu, P., & Gethe, F. (2024) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4897147 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Male youth leaders perceptions and experiences of young men's constructions of domestic violence against women and its prevention

Catazo, N., Gwam, Z., Terblanche, S., & Xweso, M. (2023) · African Journal of Social Work · doi:10.4314/ajsw.v13i4.3

An Assessment of the Living Conditions of School Teachers during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Nigeria

Omu, R. E., & Egerson, D. (2022) · Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences · doi:10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00013

Maintaining Hand Hygiene in the Informal Settlements: Reflections on Compliance for Covid-19 Preventative Measures

Mulaudzi, F. M., Sepeng, N. V., Lavhelani, N. R., & Nesengani, T. V. (2022) · IntechOpen eBooks · doi:10.5772/intechopen.108634

Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: The Emerging COVID-19 Trends, Dynamics and Implications

Chikodzi, D., Chapungu, L., & Dube, K. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21472-1_19

Mental health consequences of isolation – a mixed-methods study from a tertiary COVID care setting

George, M., Karunakaran, V., & Menon, P. G. (2023) · Kerala Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.30834/kjp.35.2.2023.371

Level of compliance with occupational health and safety guidelines in emerging retail businesses

Worku, Z. (2023) · Central European Management Journal · doi:10.57030/23364890.cemj.31.2.74

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF PREDICTORS OF COMPLIANCE WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES IN EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

Mphai, P. L., & Worku, Z. (2023) · International Journal of Applied Science and Research · doi:10.56293/ijasr.2022.5431

A Family Medicine response to the COVID-19 lockdown: University of Pretoria perspective

Madela-Mntla, E. N., & Ngcobo, S. (2023) · South African Health Review · doi:10.61473/001c.77880

Rethink the City

(ed), A. V. D. W., Vergara, L. M., Pessôa, I. T. M., & Newton, C. (2024) · doi:10.59490/mg.101

Urban Slum as a Hotspot for Pandemic in India

Jose, S., Rajan, A. P., Zachariah, H., Bhattacharyya, S., Rico-Bautista, N. A., Ibáñez, E. B., & Rico-Bautista, D. W. (2024) · Lecture notes in networks and systems · doi:10.1007/978-981-99-7886-1_19

Impact of COVID-19 on Urban Vulnerable Livelihoods

Schotte, S., & Zizzamia, R. (2024) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198887041.003.0006

Identification of key performance dimensions of academic professionals: A qualitative exploration

Imran, S. (2024) · i-manager s Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences · doi:10.26634/jhss.4.1.20307

Broken bridges over troubled waters: COVID-19 and the urban poor residing in Dinaweng informal settlement, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Matamanda, A. R., Dunn, M., & Nel, V. (2022) · South African Geographical Journal · doi:10.1080/03736245.2022.2028669 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

A Qualitative Narrative of the Lived Experiences of Informal Settlements Dwellers within Port Harcourt Municipality during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Brown, I., & Eyenghe, T. (2022) · Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology · doi:10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i4418 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Examining the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Lockdown and Social Distancing Measures in Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission: Insights from Windhoek, Namibia

Inman, E. N., & Lewis, E. W. (2024) · Global Journal of Health Science · doi:10.5539/gjhs.v16n10p52

Spaces of quiet resistance: navigating health and socio-spatial challenges in informal settlements during the COVID-19 pandemic

Collado, J. R. N. (2024) · Town Planning Review · doi:10.3828/tpr.2024.17 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Using COVID-19 as a lens to examine assumptions about urban informality

Everatt, D. (2025) · Global Social Challenges Journal · doi:10.1332/27523349y2025d000000056