Healthabitat - Environmental Health & Design

Sago studio completes village health works in PNG
Global Studio Bhopal India, 2012
Connecting the Dots: Indigenous community infrastructure conference
Over 75% of all staff around Australia working on Housing for Health projects are local Indigenous people
Local Indigenous people work on testing existing houses, fix work, data entry and assisting licensed trades
L to R: World Habitat Awards trophy, Local team members on a Housing for Health project, Healthabitat accepts the award in Mexico
Healthabitat designs a wide range of products to improve the efficiency and health function of both existing and new houses
Design detail is essential to ensure all the parts of a house can withstand environmental conditions: taps destroyed by mineral salt water
Healthabitat develops tools and methods to help and encourage Indigenous people learn how to test and fix their own houses
Global Studio Bhopal India 2012
Over 180 Housing for Health projects have been run to improve houses around Australia: a Torres Strait island community
A central Australian desert community Housing for Health project location
Housing for Health principles and methods have been used in the USA: New York City and a Brooklyn team
Global Studio Bhopal India 2012
Healthabitat works in Nepal with a local partner, CHDS Nepal, and village teams to improve sanitation.
Housing for Health's main aim is to improve existing houses - and the design of new houses - to improve the health of people
Healthabitat has supported Global Studio projects internationally: WASSUP improving water and sanitation South Africa
Healthabitat supports Global Studio project in Bhopal India, 2012

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Fact or Fiction?

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Housing for Health

Our Housing for Health program won the World Habitat Awards 2011! The Healthabitat team would like to thank everyone who contributed to work over the last 26 years! Selected from 250 entries from over 80 countries, in a judging process that has taken almost a year to complete, this award endorses the value of the work and all those who have contributed.

Read the WHA press release

Real solutions to overcrowding

Building new houses alone will NOT reduce overcrowding ……..if this sounds impossible then read on because we believe this is a BIG ISSUE.