Healthier, safer urban centers
The Partnership for Healthy Cities is a global network of more than 70 cities committed to creating healthier, safer and more equitable urban centers by reducing the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.
Last year, cities found themselves at the front lines of some of the world’s most urgent health challenges—rising heat, unsafe streets, unhealthy food environments, and tobacco use.
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The City of Baltimore is joining the network to strengthen overdose prevention efforts.
Pamela Sánchez, Director General of Innovation for Integral Well-Being Development of the City of Buenos Aires, reflects on lessons from the Partnership for Healthy Cities’ first City Learning visit with San Francisco on addiction and mental health.
A joint El País op-ed authored by public health leaders in Partnership cities Barcelona, Spain and São Paulo, Brazil.
A Global Network
Click through to learn more about the Partnership-supported intervention areas cities are working on.
- Abidjan
- Accra
- Addis Ababa
- Ahmedabad
- Amman
- Athens
- Baltimore
- Bandung
- Bangkok
- Barcelona
- Bengaluru
- Bogotá
- Boston
- Bucharest
- Buenos Aires
- Cairo
- Cali
- Cape Town
- Casablanca
- Chicago
- Colombo
- Córdoba
- Dakar
- Dhaka
- Dublin
- Fortaleza
- Freetown
- Greater Manchester
- Guadalajara
- Hanoi
- Harare
- Helsinki
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Istanbul
- Jakarta
- Kampala
- Kathmandu
- Kigali
- Kingston
- Kuala Lumpur
- Kumasi
- Kyiv
- León
- Lima
- London
- Lusaka
- Medellín
- Melbourne
- Mexico City
- Milan
- Montevideo
- Mumbai
- Muscat
- Nairobi
- New York City
- Osaka
- Ouagadougou
- Paris
- Philadelphia
- Phnom Penh
- Quezon City
- Quito
- Rio De Janeiro
- San Francisco
- Santiago
- Santo Domingo
- Sāo Paulo
- Seoul
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Tunis
- Ulaanbaatar
- Vancouver
- Warsaw
8 out of 10 deaths worldwide are caused by NCDs and injuries.
Approximately 320 million urban residents reside in the Partnership's 74 cities.
Through the Partnership for Healthy Cities, local leaders around the world have enacted key policies that are improving health and saving lives. These cities and their mayors are committed to implementing programs and policies that improve the health and safety of millions of people.