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Latest tools and resources to support urban noncommunicable disease and injury prevention. Have a resource you would like to submit? Email us: cities4health@vitalstrategies.org.

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The World Health Organization has published two new policy briefs: The first on governance and financing, and the second generating and working with evidence.

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ROAD SAFETY
2023 global status report on road safety

The report details the scale of global road traffic deaths, and progress in advancing laws, strategies and actions to reduce them around the world.

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NCD RESEARCH
Invisible numbers

A World Health Organization report on the true extent of noncommunicable diseases—such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes—and what to do about them.

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LIBRARY
Noncommunicable diseases in cities

Read through a selection of World Health Organization resources, targeted at supporting city-level policymakers.

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Case studies

Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68% by 2050. Explore the World Health Organization's library of city case studies on topics such as tobacco control, food policy and transport.

CAMPAIGNS
Media Beacon

Developed by Vital Strategies, Media Beacon is a public health media resource, containing mass media campaign examples, research and campaign frameworks.

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OVERDOSE PREVENTION
Access to naloxone to reduce overdose deaths

One of five fact sheets published by Vital Strategies explaining interventions needed to end the overdoses crisis.

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COVID-19
Cities and pandemics

A UN-Habitat report on COVID-19 in cities and urban areas one year after the declaration of pandemic.

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