The need to move beyond siloed approaches to health and toward comprehensive, integrated policy and practice is a pillar of WHO’s work, reflected in guidance on the Social Determinants of Health, Health in All Policies, and other areas. A strategic, multi-sectoral approach is especially critical in the face of urban complexity, and urban health is an urgent and growing challenge for decision-makers everywhere.
WHO has recently released a new series of policy briefs to support strategic reflection among urban health decision-makers. Each brief focuses on a cross-cutting theme: generating and working with evidence; governance and financing; innovation; and partnerships and participation. Collectively, these represent the essential “means of implementation” that set the stage for a strategic approach to urban health.
This webinar will present the new series. Discussants from a range of domains will reflect on the value of strategic approaches to urban health and prospects for amplifying and scaling best practices. The event will also feature a call for case studies that illustrate strategic action for urban health at city or national level.
Date/time:
June 18th, 2024, 1:30-2:45 pm CEST
Speakers
- Nathalie Roebbel, Head, WHO Urban Health Unit
- José Siri, Consultant, WHO Urban Health Unit
- Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Associate Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Healthy Settings, University of Buffalo
- Graham Alabaster, Head, UN-Habitat Geneva Office
- Representative, United Cities and Local Governments
- Renske Verstege, City of Utrecht
- Hatoun Saeb, Healthy Cities Programme Manager, Minister of Public Health Office, State of Qatar
Organizer
Urban Health Unit, Department of Social Determinants of Health
