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Featuring Urban health doers and research, interventions, solutions, and other relevant information.RESEARCH, POLICIES & INTERVENTIONS THAT IMPACT URBAN HEALTH
Tackling Health Equity in Diverse Communities Beyond Superficial Levels
Inclusion. Diversity. Equity. All too often, there’s a feeling such words are rattled off, more as buzzwords in a box-ticking exercise than policies truly designed to change lives.
Mental Health as An Important Aspect of Urban Health in the West Indian & Caribbean Context
Does the built environment alter our mental health?
Design for Sustainable Urban Health and Wellbeing
Is there a blueprint for a healthy lifestyle? A way to design the world’s communities to promote sustainable urban health and wellbeing no matter the location?
What is Health Infrastructure? And Why Does It Matter in Urban Health?
Taking a more holistic approach to health infrastructure means appreciating the multifactorial social determinants of health.
Urban Children and Malnutrition
With the urban transition, malnutrition increasingly affects urban areas: one in three children is stunted; at the same time overweight and obesity continue to rise.
Addressing the Environmental Sensitivity that Surrounds Menstrual Absorbents
Cities across the globe require better infrastructures that provides affordable housing and supports healthy and thriving cities. The United Nations statistics state that approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide reside in substandard housing, and another 100...
Challenges of The Gambia’s COVID-19 response and policy recommendations
With the urban transition, malnutrition increasingly affects urban areas: one in three children is stunted; at the same time overweight and obesity continue to rise.
A global building network research for advancing healthy and affordable housing
Cities across the globe require better infrastructures that provides affordable housing and supports healthy and thriving cities. The United Nations statistics state that approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide reside in substandard housing, and another 100...
Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa
In the 2018 AJPH study, of the girls trafficked along the US-Mexico border, 54.3% were pregnant before age 16, 60.2% were married before they turned 16, and 55.2% experienced sexual violence before the age of...
The Africa Human Capital Plan: Why Investing in Women & Girls Matters Now More Than Ever
It is estimated that 2.6 million African girls are at risk of not returning to school due to the pandemic. These girls are at risk of being married off against their will and are predisposed...
Cities investing in healthy and sustainable food environments for all children.
COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of children having daily access to nutritious foods not just because it’s good for them, but because it can decrease their chances of contracting the virus and falling detrimentally ill.
WHO: Supporting Healthy Urban Transport and Mobility in the Context of COVID-19
To ensure cities have healthy, safe, and efficient transport systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed measures to be used by nations to curb the spread of infections and create...
Childhood Experiences of Sexual Violence, Pregnancy, and Marriage Associated with Child Sex Trafficking Among Female Sex Workers in Two US-Mexico Border Cities
In the 2018 AJPH study, of the girls trafficked along the US-Mexico border, 54.3% were pregnant before age 16, 60.2% were married before they turned 16, and 55.2% experienced sexual violence before the age of...
Global Strategy for Public Health → chapters 4 & 8
Migration plays a vital role in the systems of our world today. Be it voluntary or forced, migration has placed extra strain on the healthcare systems of many nations. The number of international migrants has...
Urban Health In Africa
In order to build thriving cities and urban areas, the citizens must be healthy. Healthy citizens are capable of working, growing economies, learning, and maintaining overall sustainable cities, thus, it is imperative to place health...
The Inclusion of Gender in Health
Women and girls are just as vulnerable to other health conditions that are not related to reproductive health, however, if you do a simple google search on women’s health, the top results shown are always...