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Conteh, Abu |
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| dc.creator |
Sirah Kamara, Mary |
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| dc.creator |
Saidu, Samuel |
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| dc.creator |
Mustapha Macarthy, Joseph |
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| dc.date |
2021-03-23T15:36:56Z |
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| dc.date |
2021-03-23T15:36:56Z |
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| dc.date |
2021-03-23 |
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2022-05-26T08:44:32Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-05-26T08:44:32Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Conteh,A., Sirah Kamara,M., Saidu, S., and Mustapha Macarthy, J. (2021) 'Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone' in Taylor, P. and McCarthy, M. (Eds) Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19, IDS Bulletin 52.1, Brighton: IDS |
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| dc.identifier |
https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16505 |
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| dc.identifier |
Directorate and Development Office |
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| dc.identifier |
10.19088/1968-2021.108 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198342 |
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| dc.description |
Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s Covid-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and the implementation of these measures prevented these residents from accessing basic services. Like the urban planning processes in Freetown, the Covid-19 response planning was done with the limited inclusion of informal residents, and not considering how these response measures would affect their livelihood priorities. The economic conditions of already vulnerable people such as those living with disabilities, beggars, and women heads of households worsened as a result of these measures. While these challenges were dire, communities were resilient in reversing the spread of Covid-19 through tailor‑made messaging and by supporting the most vulnerable with food and basic needs. In this article we argue that the inclusion of the urban poor in decision-making and urban planning processes can improve service delivery and their ability to cope with health shocks. |
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Irish Aid |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Institute of Development Studies |
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| dc.relation |
IDS Bulletin;52.1 |
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| dc.rights |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, any modifications or adaptations are indicated, and the work is not used for commercial purposes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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| dc.rights |
Institute of Development Studies |
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| dc.subject |
Health |
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| dc.title |
Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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| dc.coverage |
Sierra Leone |
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