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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.
El Informante: Mayor Carolina Mejía together with the city government and the Partnership for Healthy Cities, promoted the city’s new “#NiUnChinMasRapido” (“not a bit faster”) road safety campaign.
La Voz: A year after the municipal Healthy Cantinas program in Córdoba, schools are moving towards canteens free of ultra-processed foods.
El País: Cali announced the return of its “bicycle doctors” initiative, originally launched with Partnership-support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How the Brazilian city is countering deceptive industry tactics, with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities
Barcelona, Spain is changing the way that injuries such as road traffic crashes or falls are measured.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities network, representing 74 cities, calls on the global community to recognize the crucial role of cities in improving public health, in advance of the Fourth UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.
Global Health Now: Global Health Now published a joint op-ed about urban e-cigarette strategies that was co-authored by Michelle Morse, New York City Acting Health Commissioner, and David Soranz, Secretary of Health for Rio de Janeiro.
Bangladesh Post: The city received local coverage for its ongoing work to strengthen air quality surveillance.
Infopais: The city received local coverage about its food policy work to improve healthy eating through projects such as the “Healthy Canteens” initiative.
O Dia: The city received media coverage about its Partnership-supported campaign on the health harms of e-cigarettes in the lead up to World No Tobacco Day.