City Learning Visits
Through the Partnership's City Learning Visits, cities exchange best practices, tackle policy barriers, and showcase what's working.
What is a City Learning Visit?
A City Learning Visit is an opportunity for cities in the Partnership for Healthy Cities to learn directly from one another through in-person exchange. Since 2017, cities across the Partnership have passed more than 40 policies and implemented over 100 pilot projects with Partnership support. City Learning Visits allow city teams to see public health work in action—exchanging ideas, common challenges and proven approaches that can help advance the work in their local contexts.
Interested? Read more below or contact cities4health@vitalstrategies.org for more information.
Jessica Holloway joined colleagues from Greater Manchester on a visit to Melbourne, Australia in 2025. The two cities shared ideas on tobacco control and food policy.
What cities say
During the City Learning Visit, cities work together to develop a action plan, with lessons learned and next steps. In 2025, the Partnership helped facilitate three City Learning Visits, supporting urban experts to learn from peers and bring fresh ideas back to their cities.
After a learning visit to San Francisco, Pamela Sánchez from Buenos Aires shared her reflections with us. Hear from her in the video below.
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Read stories and updates about how cities are working together to accelerate progress.
A city-to-city exchange between Dhaka and Kampala shows how peer learning, data and local leadership are helping growing cities strengthen air-quality monitoring and drive action to reduce pollution and improve health.
Pamela Sánchez of Buenos Aires, reflects on lessons from the Partnership for Healthy Cities’ first City Learning visit with San Francisco on addiction and mental health.
Public health experts come together in Quezon City, Philippines to share strategies on advancing food policies that improve health.