2025 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
Paris, France, March 18-21
Overview
Taking place in Paris, France, March 18-21, the 2025 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit convened more than 60 cities to discuss proven interventions to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, and the best practices that save lives and create healthier cities.
Noncommunicable diseases – including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – and injuries are responsible for over 80% of all deaths globally. With the majority of the world’s population now living in urban settings, cities and their leaders are uniquely positioned to transform the fight against NCDs and injuries and reduce preventable deaths by implementing policies that are proven to prevent exposure to risk factors.
The Summit was co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Health Organization, the global health organization Vital Strategies and the City of Paris.
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With over half the global population now living in urban settings, cities and their leaders play a critical role in developing, implementing and enforcing policies to create healthy environments for healthier populations. Watch a replay of this year's plenary at the link above.
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Photographs of the Summit are available here, credit Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Representatives from more than 60 cities joined the annual event.
Whether you'll be attending the Summit or simply want to keep up to date from your home city, we hope you will join the conversation online by posting on social media—and follow along via the #cities4health and #ciudadessaludables hashtags.
Gallery: Explore the work
From strengthening air quality monitoring in Kathmandu, Nepal to training market vendors in Freetown, Sierra Leone, click through the gallery to read more about the projects urban leaders discussed during the event.
For a full overview of Our Cities' Work, see here.
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1 of 5 In December 2024, the city installed 18 new low-cost sensors at key sites across the city, including major intersections, hospitals and schools. -
2 of 5 Through the “Salt Breaks Hearts” project in Freetown – where stroke rates are on the rise – nurses and nutritionists train market vendors on the dangers of excess salt and they in turn share tips with their shoppers, including how to cook traditional dishes without using salt-filled seasoning packets. -
3 of 5 A new decree in Argentina’s second largest city mandates that all municipal schools and educational facilities serve only food and beverages listed in a new set of “Healthy Food and Beverage Guidelines,” affecting approximately 15,000 schoolchildren. -
4 of 5 Residents of Accra often need to cross multiple-lane highways just to do their shopping, an everyday activity made dangerous by speeding cars. In an effort to reduce traffic fatalities, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly is widening traffic islands, timing traffic lights and slowing speeds – a strategy that led to a 22% drop in road crashes in 2022 alone. -
5 of 5 Bengaluru, India was pivotal in the adoption of a comprehensive state-wide hookah ban by Government of Karnataka. The ban prohibits the sale and consumption of all forms of hookah—both tobacco and flavored—in public places such as bars, lounges, cafes and hookah parlors.
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