In the United States, unbearably inadequate housing and overcrowded neighborhoods pushed working men out of the home and into saloons where they congregated for drink and discussion.
Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world (adult prevalence estimated at 23%) [3], mainly due to vulnerabilities associated with migrant labour such as overcrowded living and working conditions, and long periods away from home leading to disruption of social networks and potential increases in risky behaviours such as alcohol abuse and multiple sexual partners [4], [5].
Risk factors for these TB-related outcomes include structures, behaviors and other diseases commonly associated with poverty - overcrowded living or working conditions, poor nutrition, smoking, alcoholism, diabetes, exposure to indoor air pollution and HIV [ 2, 7- 10].
It is time the government took action to tackle the inequality that can paralyse BAME communities, forcing people into poverty, low-paid work and overcrowded housing.
It's the underprivileged, illiterate women struggling to make ends meet who are the brave ones; they step into a man's world every day, at risk of being sexually harassed on their daily travels, in overcrowded buses or at work.
But the Prison Officers Association accused ministers of paying "lip service" to prison workers who it said have to work in "overcrowded and violent" institutions.
He cited overcrowded conditions and a work culture that required guards to do back-to-back 12- and 16-hour shifts, or risk being fired.
The room is overcrowded, completely overcrowded".
Skin infestations are frequent in persons living or working in overcrowded, unhygienic conditions.
