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Urban Health & Environment |
Tools and Resources
Click on the following links to access tools and technical expertise related to urban health and environment issues:
USAID Urban Health Links
Urban Health Resource Centre-India (UHRC)
UHRC is a non-profit organization which aims to address health issues of the urban poor through in partnerships with government and civil society. programs in diverse cities.
Concern: Bangladesh - A Model for Urban Health
Priority interventions are targeted at the major causes of urban maternal and child mortality -- maternal and newborn care, pneumonia case management, nutrition, and diarrheal disease -- using an integrated approach.
Concern Haiti
Concern Haiti strengthens maternal and child health in five disadvantaged neighborhoods of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.
Environmental Health at USAID
USAID's Environmental Health Team provides global leadership in developing, implementing, and promoting new and improved interventions to prevent illness and death associated with environmental factors. Given the important impact of environmental factors on the health of the urban poor, the Team cooperates with USAID's Urban Programs Team on urban health issues.
International Organizations
International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)
ISUH is an association of researchers, scholars, and professionals from various disciplines and areas of the world who study the health effects of urban environments and urbanization.
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
The Knowledge Network on Urban Settings (KNUS) is focused on synthesizing global knowledge on social determinants of health and urbanization.
WHO Healthy Cities Initiative
Launched in 1986, WHO Healthy Cities is now in its fourth phase (2003–2008). Cities currently involved are working on three core themes: healthy ageing, healthy urban planning and health impact assessment. Links to associated regional WHO efforts include:
World Bank/Urban Health
The goal of this site is to provide multi-sectoral programs and teams links to resources to design, implement and improve urban interventions that will improve health outcomes.
HABITAT Water and Sanitation Program
The highest priority for UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation program is improving access to safe water and helping provide adequate sanitation to millions of low-income urban dwellers and measuring that impact.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
African Population and Health Research Center
The Center's mission is to promote the well-being of Africans through policy-relevant research on population and health. A major focus of their work has been on urban health.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
IIED's Human Settlements Programme has been working on urban environmental issues since the mid-1970s.
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