FutureGenerations

A new book by the World Health Organization, Social Determinants Approaches to Public Health: from concept to practice presents a collection of 13 case studies on the social determinants of health. Chapter 11 features a case study by Dr. Laura Altobelli, Future Generations Peru Country Director. Dr. Altobelli shares the experience and data of Peru's national community-oriented health system, known as CLAS--Local Health Administration Committees.

Read a 22 page report on rural road construction in Nepal by community-based development expert, Nawang Gurung. Beginning with the background of road development in Nepal, this report details the causes of rural road construction mushrooming, the process of construction, the impacts, advantages, disadvantages, cost effectiveness, and a plan forward for community-led rural road development in Nepal.

This international country fact sheet will provide you with information on how Peru is "strengthening a national health system with communities."

Roads are vital for overall development and the access afforded by these can be both extremely beneficial as well as hugely damaging. The road network in Peru includes the Inter-Oceanic Highway South [Carratera Interoceania Sur], a route linking the Pacific Ocean in Peru with a highway in Brazil that continues east to the Atlantic. This artery, already completed in Brazil but not totally finished in Peru, brings substantial social and environmental change to many areas.