Accountability in Urban Health
“More than half of the world’s people live in cities, with one in three of those living in low- and middle-income countries doing so in informal settlements, sometimes known colloquially as slums, with inadequate access to services and opportunities to shape decisions about their environment. Our research will support the people in our focal communities to claim their right to health.”
Professor Sally Theobald, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Principal Investigator, ARISE
Around the world, the number of people living in cities is growing rapidly. Transforming the lives of vulnerable people in informal urban settlements is vital to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This entails tackling complex, interrelated challenges of poor health, unequal access to services, insecurity and weak accountability. Rigorous research and evidence, combined with community engagement and ownership, must inform these efforts.
The ARISE Hub – Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity – is a new research consortium, set up to enhance accountability and improve the health and wellbeing of marginalised populations living in informal urban settlements in low- and middle-income countries.
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India’s informal waste economy consists of socially, occupationally, and economically differentiated categories of ‘waste people’ – an integral part of the ‘waste-to-resource’ value chain. http://ariseconsortium.org/learn-more-archive/shades-of-informality-working-with-waste-pickers-in-arise/
Even after people carefully segregate their waste at home or in offices, they often come up short against recyclers or scrap-dealers who do not accept soft plastics, as their trade is not very lucrative.
Single-use soft plastics – an ever-lasting and hard problem - Arise
Our researcher JK Lakshmi explores the arguments for an Indian ban on soft single-use plastic. ARISE is working with waste pickers and recyclers.
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In this blog, we share our experience of conducting remote GIS mapping of Dholpur slum where we were able to involve a co-researcher remotely in the mapping process
Remote GIS mapping in Dholpur: Co-production with co-researchers - Arise
Abdul Awal and Imran Hossain Mithu explain how Geographic Information System was used by the ARISE team in Bangladesh to map Dholpur.
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A productive discussion with @BRAC UDP to dive deep into field and stakeholder-level challenges. Regular dialogues are key to ensuring successful #collaboration in research and implementation. 🤝
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Witnessed an incredible community-led initiative in Kallyanpur informal settlements! 🌧️Installing a drainage system to combat waterlogging, thanks to the hard work, support, and dedication of the @BRACJPGSPH @ARISEHub & @BRACUDP 🏘️ #CommunityDrivenChange #WaterloggingSolution
📑 Health camps are a key part of @SPARCIndia2 and the community federations’ work across informal settlements and relocation sites in India. Aryan Iyer reflects on their role in @ARISEHub and in triggering community collectivization. ↘️
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'30 minutes of rain and we are doomed with #waterlogging. This is a repetitive story in Shyampur' Story from a female co-researchers' #photovoice @BRACJPGSPH @ARISEHub working for #AccountabilityMatters
Today @wanavijiji_Sdi joined @NuvoniResearch and key stakeholders to discuss energy planning for informal settlements, drawing from lessons from Mathare and Mukuru. The discussion identified how energy planning could be featured in the SPA process.
#MakingSlumsVisible…
NEW BLOG 📑 Health camps are a key part of @SPARCIndia2 and the community federations’ work across informal settlements and relocation sites in India. Aryan Iyer reflects on their role in ARISE and in triggering community collectivization. ↘️
https://www.ariseconsortium.org/reflections-from-health-camps-in-the-relocation-colonies-of-ahmedabad-india/
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Shadowing Suvartha on her waste-picking route in Vijayawada
A photo essay by Shrutika Murthy, The George Institute for Global Health India
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Or you can read the findings of an international consultation on safeguarding by our colleagues Surekha Garimella and Bintu Mansaray.
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