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. 2025 Aug 8:15:03032.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.15.03032.

A successful response to the second wave of COVID-19 in the slums of Delhi

John Peteet  1 , Kiran Martin  2 , Jean Peteet  3
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A successful response to the second wave of COVID-19 in the slums of Delhi

John Peteet et al. J Glob Health. .

Abstract

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to India's slum communities. Although more COVID-related deaths occurred in slum neighbourhoods, the 91 slum communities served by the non-profit Asha Society India experienced only one death case during this period. Key factors contributing to this outcome included the mobilisation of educational, quarantine, and preventive measures, as well as an emergency protocol that was used for early proactive identification and treatment of patients presenting with fever and cough before experiencing shortness of breath indicative of a developing cytokine storm and its life-threatening complications. This retrospective description is limited by the incompleteness of data collected during the chaos of the pandemic.

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Disclosure of interest: The authors completed the ICMJE Disclosure of Interest Form (available upon request from the corresponding author) and declare the following activities and relationships: John and Jean Peteet received stock dividends from Coca Cola, Mondelez International, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Lowes, McDonalds, TJX Corp, Abbott Laboratories, Abbvie Inc, Danaher, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, United Health Group, American Express, Bank of America, J P Morgan Chase, State Street, Visa Incorporated, Wells Fargo, Apple Inc, Automatic Data Processing, Microsoft, Oracle, SS & C Technologies, Alphabet Inc Class A&C, Meta Platforms Inc, Class A Fortive Corp, Otis Worldwide Corp, RTX Corporation, Veralto Corporation, Oneok Inc, Enterprise Products LP, Enbridge Inc, Kinder Morgan Inc, Berkshire Hathaway, and Realty Income Corp.

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