Open AccessPrimary care for India’s urban dwellers living in informal settlements during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experience of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, Department of Family Medicine
Author(s) -
Sunil Abraham,
Archna Gupta,
Manorama M. Khare
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-covid-34
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , human settlement , primary care , medicine , family medicine , informal settlements , geography , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease , archaeology , economics , outbreak
COVID-19 disproportionally affects India's 81 million people living in urban informal settlements, where inadequate housing, water and sanitation increase the risk and rate of infection.