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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.
Inside Freetown, Sierra Leone's markets, a new healthy food strategy is addressing rising rates of hypertension.
To contribute to Phnom Penh City Hall's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure schools have safe environments for students when they reopen, the global Partnership for Healthy Cities network has provided hand sanitizing equipment to 43 schools under the Department of Education, Youth and Sports.
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a renewed commitment to its flagship initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments, by investing $31 million over the next four years—more than doubling the amount invested so far. Six new cities will join the Partnership for Healthy Cities network: Córdoba, Argentina; Cairo, Egypt; Dublin, Ireland; Warsaw, Poland; Bucharest, Romania; and Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland has announced that Dublin has joined the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a prestigious global network of 70 cities committed to saving lives by preventing non-communicable diseases and injuries.
Córdoba was invited to participate as a result of efforts to combat COVID-19 and other non-communicable diseases.
As part of the partnership, Cairo Governorate will work to provide healthier food options.
A new Back to School package leans on the Covid Fortaleza Tracking system, developed with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities, to help facilitate the return to in-person classes.
The city of Buenos Aires launched its Partnership-supported “Butterfly Effect” project, a COVID-19 vaccination campaign enlisting formerly-unhoused people to conduct outreach to their currently unhoused peers.
The City of Rio de Janeiro's Projeto Garupa aims to remove barriers faced by LGBTI+ people in accessing health care and to support other initiatives to mitigate Covid-19's impacts on the community.
A discussion among 16 local mayors in Mexico City of the Partnership-supported Safe School Environments guide.
José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies, highlights the Partnership for Healthy Cities' work in three Brazilian cities.