COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance

• S. Van Belle,
• C. Affun-Adegbulu,
• W. Soors,
• Prashanth N. Srinivas,
• G. Hegel,
• W. Van Damme,
• D. Saluja,
• I. Abejirinde,
• E. Wouters,
• C. Masquillier,
• H. Tabana,
• F. Chenge,
• K. Polman,
• B. Marchal

Affiliations

S. Van Belle

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

C. Affun-Adegbulu

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

W. Soors

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

Prashanth N. Srinivas

Institute of Public Health

G. Hegel

INCAP Research Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (CIIPEC), Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)

W. Van Damme

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

D. Saluja

Independent Consultant

I. Abejirinde

Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

E. Wouters

Centre for Population, Family & Health, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State (South Africa)

C. Masquillier

Centre for Population, Family & Health, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

H. Tabana

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape

F. Chenge

School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi and Health Knowledge Centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo

K. Polman

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

B. Marchal

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp