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Seoul’s Smoking Rate Drops to Record Low Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Seoul announced that it would strengthen its regulations on tobacco advertising based on the Partnership for Healthy Cities with Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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The Municipality of Quito resumed Covid mobile brigades

The Ministry of Health of the Municipality of Quito resumed its COVID-19 mobile brigades program.

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Cities at the Forefront of Health

An op-ed by Vital Strategies President and Chief Executive Officer, José Luis Castro, spotlights the Partnership-funded work in the Colombian cities of Bogotá, Cali and Medellín.

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Cali, Colombia: Harnessing pandemic-era policy to improve road safety

Cycling has always been popular in Cali, a mostly flat city with warm weather year-round, but the pandemic has brought bicyclists into the street like never before.

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Freetown, Sierra Leone: Prioritizing food security and nutrition standards

The Partnership for Healthy Cities supported the city in developing targeted risk communication for specific urban audiences.

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A Safe Urban Campaign Launches in Rangoon for Six Weeks

Myanmar's Public Health Foundation launched the #SafeInTheCityCOVID campaign with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities.

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Kampala, Uganda: Building a smoke-free and more equitable city

Kampala is the only large metropolis in Uganda and one of the fastest growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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DN Mayor's Office Launches Campaign to Prevent COVID-19: "It's no time to mess around”

The Mayor's Office, with the support of the Partnership for Healthy Cities, launched a campaign to raise awareness about COVID-19 at a time of rising infection rates.

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PHC Provides Assistance for Wash Basins and Masks for the City of Bandung

The City Government of Bandung received Covid-19 response assistance from the Partnership for Healthy Cities, in the form of 54 handwashing stations and 3,400 cloth masks.

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Yangon, Myanmar: Uniting the public through risk communication

By March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had put thousands of workers out of work in Yangon and become a serious health threat. Authorities decided right away that a mass media campaign focused on behavior change would be key for preventing wider spread of the virus and avoiding drastic shutdown measures down the line.

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