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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.
Eight mayors urged local governments to take action to strengthen air quality data monitoring as world leaders convened at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Devex: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Vital Strategies, and the World Health Organization brought local government workers from 52 cities together to share their success and failure stories around reducing noncommunicable diseases and injuries.
The Guardian: At the Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, Luyanda Majija, Associate Director, Communications, Food Policy Program at Vital Strategies, spoke to The Guardian about how governments must push back against beverage industry attempts to lower taxes.
Inquirer: Quezon City became the first urban center within Southeast Asia to pass a calorie labelling ordinance that requires restaurant chains and other food establishments to include nutritional information, including calories, on their menus.
New Vision: A total of 33% of deaths annually in Uganda are due to NCDs, according to the World Health Organization, and for every Ugandan, the probability of dying prematurely from one of the four main NCDs is 22%.
Bangkok Post: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Thailand Walking and Cycling Institute Foundation are promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars on six roads in the Bamrung Muang area of Phra Nakhon district.
One News PH: Quezon City Government is preparing an ordinance that will soon require all restaurant chains and other food establishments to include nutritional information, including calories, on their menus.
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.