Dismantling barriers to health and wellbeing for Nairobi’s refugees Posted on 21/01/2020 (21/01/2020) by guest244@aphrc.org PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES // PUBLICATIONS Briefing Papers Dismantling barriers to health and wellbeing for Nairobi’s refugees Urbanization and Wellbeing January 2020 Men, women and children who are forced to flee their homes often bear the mental or physical scars of conflict. Refugees’ arduous journeys to urban areas and the conditions they encounter there can present further health challenges. In our study of refugees living in the Kenyan capital, participants named adequate healthcare and housing as essential needs that they struggle to meet. Many face significant obstacles to accessing healthcare, including cost, lack of documentation and language barriers. Living conditions are a linked concern: overcrowded housing with inadequate water, sanitation and energy can negatively affect refugees’ health. With unknown numbers of refugees living in Nairobi’s informal settlements and other low-income areas, conflict with host communities is also a wellbeing issue. This briefing discusses the need to reduce conflict and dismantle the barriers that prevent urban refugees accessing the healthcare, housing and infrastructure they need. Download CONTRIBUTORS Head of Urbanization and Wellbeing Blessing Mberu Blessing is a Senior Research Scientist and Head of Urbanization… View Profile Associate Research Scientist Kanyiva Muindi Kanyiva is an air quality researcher within the Urbanization and… View Profile SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles What has poverty got to do with it? Analysis of household access to improved sanitation in Ghana Journal Articles Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the interva model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the nairobi dss* Journal Articles Using historical vital statistics to predict the distribution of under-five mortality by cause* Briefing Papers Urban Health in Kenya Key Findings 2000 Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey Briefing Papers Urban Health in Kenya Key Findings 2000 Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey Journal Articles Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa Technical Reports The state of the world’s children 2012: children in an urban world* Technical Reports The report of the 3-D Commission: Data, social determinants, and better decision-making for health Journal Articles The health and well-being of older people in nairobi’s slums*