Health issues in a Bangalore slum: findings from a household survey using a mobile screening toolkit in Devarajeevanahalli

• Main Authors: Carolin Elizabeth George (Author), Gift Norman (Author), Avanti Wadugodapitya (Author), Shyam Vasudeva Rao (Author), Shailendra Nalige (Author), Varshapriya Radhakrishnan (Author), Sapna Behar (Author), Luc de Witte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Slums are home to nearly one billion people in the world and are expanding at an exponential rate. Devarjeevanahalli is a large notified slum in Bangalore, South India which is characterised by poverty, overcrowding, hazardous living environment and social complexities. The poor...