Partnershipfor HealthyCities
10 April 2019

PARTNERSHIP for HEALTHY CITIES• Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for NCDs in August 2016
• Partnership for Healthy Cities supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, inpartnership with World Health Organization (WHO) and Vital Strategies,• Vital Strategies is the implementing partner;• WHO is the convening partner• 2-year timeline: January 2017 – December 2018
• 3rd UN High-level Meeting on NCDs on 27 September 2018

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POLICY INTERVENTIONS

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WHAT’S OFFERED TO CITIES• Technical assistance• Planning and implementation• Full support of Vital Strategies and WHO network• $100,000 USD seed grant• Communications support• Public recognition of progress, good practices
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CITY INTERVENTION AREAS & TYPESIntervention area

Number ofcities
Intervention type

Tobacco control• Smoke-free cities (10)• Ban tobacco advertising (2)12Food policy•
Healthy food for all (7)•Reduce sugary drinks (5)12Road safety•
Reduce speeding (7)•Reduce drink driving (2)•Increasing seat-belt and helmetuse (1)

10Environment•
Walkable/bikeable cities (12)•Indoor air pollution (1)13Surveillance•Monitor NCD risk factors (7)7Number ofcities

Policy development/amendment

19“Project” implementation

21

Enforcement

27

Communication

42

Surveillance

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CITIES: ROAD SAFETY & URBAN MOBILITY

22 mayors chose to focus on road safety and active mobility.
e.g. safe routes to schools, cycling networks, surveillance, etc.
Intervention area

Number ofcities

Cities7

Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Toronto, Canada;
Mexico City, Mexico; Bangkok, Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City,Viet Nam; Lusaka, Zambia

2Buenos Aires, Argentina; Leon, Mexico

1Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

12Melbourne, Australia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Fortaleza and Sao
Paulo, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic; Kingston, Jamaica;
Guadalajara, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain; Kyiv, Ukraine;
Boston, United States

Road safety
Reduce speeding

Reduce drink driving
Increasing seat-belt and helmet use

Environment

Walkable/Bikeable cities

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Safe Routes to Schools: Public Health Approach• WHO’s Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030
mandates governments to create:• Active Environments (walking and cycling are key means totransportation) and Active Systems (emphasis onmultisectoral partnerships).
• WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018
• Road traffic injury is now the leading cause of death forchildren and young adults, aged 5-29 years.

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TORONTO
Piloting safe school zones with slow

speed mass media campaigns,
infrastructure and signage, and added
safe routes for children to walk or cycle

to school. City to replicate and launchthese zones throughout the city.

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TORONTO: SPEEDING & SAFE SCHOOL ZONES

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Enhancing existing Safe Routes toSchools program to promote student
pedestrian safety, increase walking andsustainable systems, and interagency

collaborations.

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BOSTON: SPEEDING & SAFE SCHOOL ZONES••••••

Boston Public Health Commission
Boston Public Schools
Boston Police Department
Boston Transportation Department
Boston Public Works Department
Boston Planning and Development Agency
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CONCLUSIONS• High political commitment with engaged mayors• Functional multisectoral collaboration involves interagency
leadership• School communities and students help focus city mobility
agendas• Cities drive public health action in short amount of time18

THANK YOU!

Charity HungDeputy Director, Partnership for Healthy Cities
chung@vitalstrategies.org

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