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Health
In Nairobi, a chain of micro-clinics delivers health care where it’s needed most
With outposts in three informal settlements, Access Afya is a new model for delivering health services close to where people live and work.
Justus Wanzala November 16, 2017
Informal Settlements
Upgrading informal settlements with ‘special planning areas’
November 3, 2017
United Nations
The U.N.’s urban agency is seeing record demand — even as its funding plummets
It remains unclear whether countries will pay for UN-Habitat to coordinate implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
Gregory Scruggs May 25, 2017
United Nations
New details approved on monitoring of New Urban Agenda
Countries “signaled” that UN-Habitat would be given a coordination mandate for the Habitat III strategy — but contingent on assessment.
Gregory Scruggs May 15, 2017
New Urban Agenda
2018 reporting period will prove critical for New Urban Agenda, advocates say
“World Urban Forum 9 will be the place to craft this whole reporting process,” said one advocate.
Gregory Scruggs May 11, 2017
Implementation
UN-Habitat reforms will hold up New Urban Agenda implementation
On most issues, this week’s Governing Council meeting is in wait-and-see mode.
Gregory Scruggs May 10, 2017
United Nations
Key storylines to watch as UN-Habitat’s Governing Council meets
Next week’s biennial gathering of the agency’s board is garnering far more attention than usual.
Gregory Scruggs May 5, 2017
Citisignal
Less than one-fifth of Nairobi is safe, report says

A mobile app will help Nairobi residents avoid dangerous areas and city leaders boost crime prevention, the Daily Nation reports. 

September 8, 2016
Citisignal
Oxfam moves HQ to Nairobi amid NGO backlash

The aid organization wants to deepen roots in the Global South, but critics think NGOs should hire more locals and pay them better, Oxfam and Quartz say.

August 15, 2016
Citisignal
Africa’s largest informal settlement boasts high-tech water plant

Kibera residents can purchase affordable water and access clean restrooms, laundry and other services, according to the Cal Alumni Association, UC Berkeley.

July 7, 2016
Citiscope Feature
More than half the world’s refugees live in urban areas. Here’s what that means for cities.
Urban integration requires new strategies, not refugee camps.
Flavie Halais May 30, 2016
Habitat III
Encouraging sustainable urbanization, Pope Francis lauds Habitat III
The Quito conference “could be a significant occasion for identifying ways of responding” to problems of urban poverty and inequality, the pontiff said in Nairobi.
Gregory Scruggs December 1, 2015
Habitat III
In informal settlements of Nairobi, women look to Habitat III on inclusive planning
The Urban Thinkers Campus that took place in the city on 15-16 October took unique effort to ensure deep participation.
Vincent Ng’ethe November 9, 2015
Interview
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero: devolution is ‘bringing services closer to the people’
In an interview with Citiscope, Kenya's most prominent local leader offers a critique and a defense of the country's experiment with handing power to local governments.
Christopher Swope October 29, 2015
Citisignal
Nairobi slum dwellers withdraw water from ATMs

The machines dispense potable water at a fraction of the cost available elsewhere, Design Indaba reports. 

September 17, 2015
Citisignal
Nairobi's informal bus routes are mapped at last

Ten university students spent four months riding private buses to create the map, which is now available via Google Maps, Wired reports.

September 2, 2015
Citiscope Feature
Turning Kibera’s mud huts into apartment towers
An upgrading program in a notorious Nairobi slum has taken more than a decade, but is helping to change Africa's conversation about how to handle informal urban neighborhoods.
Gregory Scruggs August 7, 2015
Citiscope Feature
Nairobi’s tech scene makes headway into its slums
Gregory Scruggs July 24, 2015
Citisignal
Nairobi redirects funds to boost pedestrian safety

The city council would better integrate sidewalks, footpaths, bike lanes and green space into transport planning, Urb.im reports. 

July 16, 2015
Citisignal
Nairobi garbage trucks double as data collectors

IBM has equipped trash trucks in Nairobi with technology that gathers statistics on everything from road conditions to driver routes, Mail & Guardian Africa reports. 

July 9, 2015
Habitat III
World ‘deeply unprepared’ for implementation of urban SDG
Aromar Revi delivers frank keynote address to the UN-Habitat Governing Council.
Gregory Scruggs and Carey L. Biron May 4, 2015
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