Urban health
Within the Social Determinants of Health Department, the cross-cutting work stream on urban health focuses on improving health at city level and has five main areas of work: normative work, including building the evidence base of what works to enhance urban health; building partnerships and networks to scale up implementation of effective interventions; developing synergies across different urban health initiatives; capacity building in addressing urban health; and global advocacy.
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Public spaces to play are important to children's health and development and are a core right. Yet with increasing urbanization, access to public spaces...
Taking a strategic approach to urban health: a guide for decision-makers: executive summary
Governments face complex health challenges shaped by the evolving interactions of people and institutions with urban environments; these are compounded...
Governments face complex health challenges shaped by the evolving interactions of people and institutions with urban environments; these are compounded...