TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban health in Africa
T2 - Looking beyond the MDGs
AU - Agyei-Mensah, Samuel
AU - Owusu, George
AU - Wrigley-Asante, Charlotte
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Liverpool University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Achieving development and eliminating poverty are dependent on improving the health of populations, which are increasingly urban based. In this short paper we highlight the importance of context for understanding urban health in Africa, drawing in particular on the case of Ghana, and sketch out the implications of this new context in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rise of non-communicable diseases in an African context, including those related to obesity, work environments and mental health, and how these are gendered is given particular prominence. It is essential that the SDGs reflect the changes that have taken place over the past 15 years in the location of populations and the associated configuration of health challenges, including their gendered nature.
AB - Achieving development and eliminating poverty are dependent on improving the health of populations, which are increasingly urban based. In this short paper we highlight the importance of context for understanding urban health in Africa, drawing in particular on the case of Ghana, and sketch out the implications of this new context in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rise of non-communicable diseases in an African context, including those related to obesity, work environments and mental health, and how these are gendered is given particular prominence. It is essential that the SDGs reflect the changes that have taken place over the past 15 years in the location of populations and the associated configuration of health challenges, including their gendered nature.
KW - Africa
KW - Ghana
KW - Non-communicable diseases
KW - SDGs
KW - Urban health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921763856&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3828/idpr.2015.6
DO - 10.3828/idpr.2015.6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84921763856
SN - 1474-6743
VL - 37
SP - 53
EP - 60
JO - International Development Planning Review
JF - International Development Planning Review
IS - 1
ER -