BIG ISSUE NORTH: Manchester shacks up with Kenya

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Description

An initiative designed by a Manchester University professor is helping to address the complex challenges of dealing with Covid-19 in informal settlements in Kenya.

Diana Mitlin, of the university’s Global Development Institute, is working alongside longstanding collaborators SDI Kenya to map community responses, develop solutions that work in local environments, and rapidly share its findings within Kenya and beyond.

Period12 Jun 2020

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleManchester shacks up with Kenya
    Media name/outletBig Issue North
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/06/20
    DescriptionAn initiative designed by a Manchester University professor is helping to address the complex challenges of dealing with Covid-19 in informal settlements in Kenya.

    Diana Mitlin, of the university’s Global Development Institute, is working alongside longstanding collaborators SDI Kenya to map community responses, develop solutions that work in local environments, and rapidly share its findings within Kenya and beyond.
    URLhttps://www.bigissuenorth.com/features/2020/06/port-in-a-tropical-storm/#close
    PersonsDiana Mitlin

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities
  • Global Development Institute

Keywords

  • Kenya
  • coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • global development