Kabul now hosts over 40% of Afghanistan's urban population, most living in unsafe informal settlements lacking basic services. UN-Habitat warns these areas face rising climate risks and urgent investment is needed to prevent worsening humanitarian and environmental crises, according to Khaam
Melbourne [Australia], May 14 (ANI): A team of researchers has validated a way to successfully detect a diverse range of bacteria (pathogens) that cause diarrhoeal disease in informal settlements.
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): More than 60 babies are being born every day in the camps and informal settlements in Cox's Bazar in the nine months since a brutal Myanmar army crackdown forced thousands of families to take refuge in Bangladesh.