Disparities in health care access and health problems between the poorest in Indian cities (the bottom 20% of income earners) and other economic groups are indicators of inequality in urban India. Under-5 mortality, malnutrition and tuberculosis rates, for example, are substantially higher among urban poor communities, such as the homeless.
Research on health and homelessness in India shows that people on the streets suffer multiple serious illnesses, such as mental disorders and infectious diseases, and are routinely denied proper treatment in government hospitals.
IHRN curates research on physical health burdens and healthcare barriers faced by homeless people to inform urban health policies and local responses.
Author(s): Jayati Ghosh, Prabhat Patnaik & Harsh Mander
Author(s): Ashwin Parulkar & Mukta Naik
Title: The Challenges of Managing a Hunger Crisis Amidst a Public Health Emergency
Publication: The Wire
Publication Date: March 29, 2020
Author(s): Ashwin Parulkar & Mukta Naik
Title: A Crisis of Hunger: a ground report on the repercussions of COVID-19 related lockdown on Delhi's vulnerable populations
Publication: Centre for Policy Research
Publication Date: March 2020
Author: Mayank Austen Soofi
Author: Ashwin Parulkar
Title: How can we nuance our understanding of homelessness?
Publication: Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Publication Date: November 2016
Author: Vandana Prasad
Title: Barriers of Accessing Health Care among Adult Street Dwellers in Delhi
Publication: School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of Western Cape (Masters Thesis)
Date of Publication: November 2011
Author's Abstract
Urban health policy has
Author(s): Meena Mathur, Prachi Rathore and Monika Mathur
Title: Incidence and Intensity of Abuse in Street Children in India
Publication: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal
Publication Date: December 2009
Citation: Mathur, Meena; Rathore, Prachi; Mathur, Monika. ‘Incidence and Intensity
Policy Analysis and Documents, Research and Reports
Authors: Technical Resource Group for the National Urban Health Mission
Title: Report and Recommendations of the Technical Resource Group For the National Urban Health Mission
Publication: National Urban Health Mission
Publication Date: February 2014