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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.
Mayor Jan Vapaavuori of Helsinki, Finland, joined Kelly Larson of Bloomberg Philanthropies to discuss how the city is responding to COVID-19, how the Partnership for Healthy Cities is encouraging global collaboration between cities and what’s keeping mayors hopeful right now.
Supported by the Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Initiatives, the campaign is meant to educate, debunk false information and elicit behavioural change towards people living with COVID-19.
Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Dr. Kelly Henning of Bloomberg Philanthropies discuss the COVID-19 response, how global mayors are sharing information during the coronavirus crisis and what’s keeping mayors hopeful right now.
When Ebola exploded in West Africa in 2015, communities across the region worked together to contain the disease and learned firsthand the importance of acting early. Today, we face a new and devastating pandemic in COVID-19.
A new survey suggests nearly 7 in 10 respondents across Africa would have a problem accessing food and water during a two-week quarantine.
Mayor Jim Kenney announced a new partnership between Mural Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, to be scaled up with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has joined the Bloomberg Philanthropies Partnership for Healthy Cities Global Leadership Series.
Tele-consultations and counselling to be offered free of cost to residents of Bengaluru.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities has launched a new online platform to help local authorities and public health professionals in coping with the new coronavirus crisis.
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