Category: European Cities

  • CMSc Villaverde and the Fight for Community Health in Madrid’s South

    CMSc Villaverde and the Fight for Community Health in Madrid’s South

    Villaverde sits in the southern reaches of Madrid, separated from the city’s prosperous north by more than geography. It is one of the capital’s most densely populated districts and one of its most socioeconomically deprived. Premature mortality from cardiovascular disease here is significantly higher than the Madrid average — following the socioeconomic gradient in cardiovascular…