strategy

Improving health conditions in slums

Synonyms:
Improving hygiene conditions in shanty towns
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 recommends the development of programmes for improving health conditions in human settlements, in particular within slums and non-tenured settlements, on the basis of health risk assessment.

Values:
Health
Subjects:
Amenities Towns
Amenities Slums, encampments
Societal Problems Hygiene
Health Care Health
Development Reform
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-beingGOAL 6: Clean Water and SanitationGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal