LATEST
The Partnership for Healthy Cities presents news, stories, case studies and accomplishments from cities in its global network, whose leaders have taken on the role of urban health champions.
Ahead of World Cities Day on Oct. 31 – a day meant to promote global cooperation on urban issues – a convening by the Partnership for Healthy Cities highlighted urban areas that have developed innovative strategies to fight COVID-19.
Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities.
Mayor Claudia López spoke at a Partnership for Healthy Cities event to commemorate World Cities Day 2020. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus began the session by recognizing Bogotá's commitment to promoting the use of bicycles as a safe and active mechanism for mobility.
About half of the world's population live in urban areas, and city mayors are on the frontline of the COVID-19 response.
While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a wide range of longer-term social and health benefits.
Recognizing the COVID-19 transmission threat of smokeless tobacco use and spitting in public, Ahmedabad took the decision early on to close stores selling paan and other chewing tobacco.
Authorities in Kampala have created a vulnerability framework to guide decision-making and use of limited resources in the public health response—allowing for a targeted approach informed by data and oriented around equity.
The Municipality of Quito, through the Ministry of Health, is launching a communication strategy on preventive measures for COVID-19 and mental health.
Cali's ‘Bike Doctors,’ a team of mechanics from the Ministry of Mobility that provides free assistance on the road for free to cyclists, reached a milestone of providing 1,000 service calls for bike users.
Leveraging lessons from the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, the Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown, has focused on food security to ensure its most vulnerable residents stay safe and healthy in quarantine.