Welcome to the Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center
Home to more than 50% of the global population, cities are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. Supporting cities in responding to the pandemic is critical to blunting the impact of the virus. It’s urban leaders who can change the course of the pandemic, armed with scientific knowledge, best practices in crisis leadership and communication and tools for bolstering health systems and essential services.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center offers cities practical guidance in four technical areas. Explore the full library or click on the topic areas below for tailored resources. We also encourage you to look at past sessions in the Partnership’s virtual learning series and review frequently asked technical questions from cities worldwide.
NEW: Read how six cities in the global network are taking action against COVID-19.
Featured Resources
Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Four-Step Framework to Promote Access, Acceptance, and Equity
A four-step framework to support decision-makers in promoting vaccine access, acceptance and equity. It helps identify local barriers and use learnings from community engagement to build data-driven, context-specific interventions and continuously evaluate success.
15 Practices to Improve Vaccination Program Effectiveness by Reaching the People Most at Risk
Vaccine equity needs to be prioritized in all counties throughout the United States, not only as a matter of justice and to save lives, but also to reduce the risk of having more dangerous variants emerge.
Using COVID-19 lockdown road-crash data to inform transport safety policy: Cali, Colombia
Local authorities in Cali monitored changes in speed and road traffic deaths during the pandemic to better understand some of the trends and implications for local road safety policies. Finding driver behavior to be riskier as well as more severe road traffic crashes, the city strengthened its speed-management measures and implemented a greater push toward active transport.
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“The Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative has been successful in bringing global cities together to advance public health – and now, in the face of the coronavirus crisis, it is stepping up to help local leaders around the world save even more lives.”
Michael R. Bloomberg