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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 País: Barcelona and São Paulo are working on responses to extreme temperatures. Exposure to deadly urban heat has tripled since the 1980s.
Hoy Día: Córdoba announced that it was awarded the Good Practices Children Award 2025, which recognizes innovative public policies that strengthen care, equity and rights for healthy environments for children in Latin America.
Extra: Cali joins the commemoration of World Food Day with the launch of the #HéroesDeLaAlimentación campaign, an initiative that invites every citizen to become an agent of change to build more sustainable, inclusive and resilient food systems.
Manila Bulletin: "The Quezon City government launched on Monday, Oct. 6, a new initiative to strengthen and advance its road safety programs."
Health Policy Watch: Health Policy Watch published a joint op-ed about the noncommunicable disease crisis that was co-authored by Ariella Rojhani, Director of the Partnership for Healthy Cities at Vital Strategies, and Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the Department of Health Determinants, Promotion and Prevention at the World Health Organization
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.
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.