Housing and human capital in Cuba : community efforts improve health in inner-city Havana

Date

2003-04

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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA

Abstract

Inner-city life can test people’s endurance. When neighbourhoods decline, human health soon follows. A project in Cuba supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has shown that, in the struggle to improve community health, the biggest asset may be residents themselves.

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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Logement et le capital humain à Cuba : des projets communautaires améliorent la santé du coeur de La Havane
Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Vivienda y capital humano en Cuba : esfuerzos comunitarios mejoran la salud en barrios céntricos de La Habana

Keywords

CUBA, PUBLIC HEALTH, HUMAN RESOURCES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, URBAN ENVIRONMENT

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