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Generating and working with evidence for urban health. Policy brief

This policy brief reflects and offers guidance on how national and subnational governments can strengthen the generation, management, and analysis of data for urban health, both independently and in collaboration. It draws on existing international guidelines, academic literature, and insights from a participatory workshop involving experts in research, policy, and practice. The brief is primarily […]

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Governance and financing for urban health. Policy brief

This paper introduces the readers to urban profiling, which is a methodology that enables the updated and holistic information on crisis-ridden cities. The methodology contains two parts—an analysis toolbox and and an analysis framework. Although this methodology provides an overall status of conflict-impacted urban spaces, it also contains tools that highlight the health and health-related

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Urban Profiling Toolbox

This paper introduces the readers to urban profiling, which is a methodology that enables the updated and holistic information on crisis-ridden cities. The methodology contains two parts—an analysis toolbox and and an analysis framework. Although this methodology provides an overall status of conflict-impacted urban spaces, it also contains tools that highlight the health and health-related

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Urban Food Systems Governance: Current Context and Future Opportunities

This report presents insights and emerging lessons on food systems governance from the experience of nine cities that have developed urban food interventions – Baltimore, Belo Horizonte, Lima, Medellín, Nairobi, Quito, Seoul, Shanghai and Toronto – and draws on diverse sources of secondary information regarding the experiences of other cities throughout the world. It highlights

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Urban design for health: inspiration for the use of urban design to promote physical activity and healthy diets in the WHO European Region

This report reflects on the ways in which urban space design plays a critical role in determininig the occurrence of non-communicable diseases. The paper initially highlights ways in which this occurs and then follows by raising tools and frameworks that encourage physical activity and healthy eating through urban design. In addition, the report provides inspirational

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