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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.
This case study was originally published as part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke.
An estimated 3,586 people die on Zambia’s roads each year, and about 37 percent of those killed are pedestrians, many in the capital city of Lusaka.
The city has since implemented a number of interventions with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities, including new breathalyzer technology and checkpoint improvements.
At the national level, Peru has historically suffered from high rates of child obesity. In 2021, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima’s local congress unanimously passed a ground breaking law to improve access to healthier food for children locally.
Superblocks are a leading urban design initiative aimed at reducing traffic, air and noise pollution.
In May 2021, the city of Bandung passed a law designating eight types of smoke-free areas, including places of worship and children's playgrounds.
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.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities supported the city in developing targeted risk communication for specific urban audiences.
Kampala is the only large metropolis in Uganda and one of the fastest growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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.