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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.
Inside Freetown, Sierra Leone's markets, a new healthy food strategy is addressing rising rates of hypertension.
Africa.com: Op-ed by Dr. Kelly Henning, Public Health Program Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies on Partnership-supported food policy work around the world.
Folha de São Paulo: The Partnership is supporting projects in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza to reduce the impact of NCDs and injuries.
Cape Town Today: The Urban Health Programme and Monitoring Initiative, announced during the 2024 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit, is a groundbreaking effort from the City of Cape Town to promote health equality and improve community health outcomes.
Ghana Web: Four West African Cities, Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, Dakar in Senegal, Freetown in Sierra Leone, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso are implementing healthy food policies to address the rising rates of NCDs.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities protects over 320 million urban residents with proven strategies.
Irish Cycle: Dublin City Council is looking to better evaluate and measure the impact of the city’s active travel investments — a new programme of post-completion evaluation will start with the Clontarf to City Centre project and the Kilmainham to Thomas Street cycle route.
Health Policy Watch: From Accra to Kathmandu, a global partnership of 74 cities has had remarkable success in addressing some of the key drivers of sickness and death since it was launched seven years ago.
702 Drive: Radio host John Perlman chats to Bloomberg Philanthropies' Kelly Larson about what it takes to makes a city safer and healthier.
El País: Read about how the Partnership has supported the development of road safety interventions in cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Accra and Mexico City.
The 2024 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit took place in Cape Town, South Africa, March 5-8