Policy Makers

Urban health equity assessment and response tool project [Urban HEART]: socioeconomic determinants and health status of people living in Sale City, Morocco

“The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a userfriendly guide for policy-makers and decision-makers at national and local levels to identify and analyse inequities in health between people living in various parts of cities or belonging to different socioeconomic groups within and across cities. The tool facilitates decisions on viable and […]

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Health Indicators of sustainable cities in the Context of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Initial findings from a WHO Expert Consultation: 17-18 May 2012

“Health indicators proposed here also reflect progress on social equity, environment , and development dimensions of sustainable cities. Core indicators include: – Slum housing improvements that benefit health – as assessed by well-defined measures for safe, resilient, and climate-adapted structures that also have access to clean energy and basic utilities; – Urban air quality in

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Addressing the social determinants of health: the urban dimension and the role of local government

This report summarizes the evidence on the social determinants of health and the built environment with special reference to the role of local government across countries in the WHO European Region. It draws on the findings of the global Commission on Social Determinants of Health and the European review of social determinants of health and

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Addressing health of the urban poor in South-East Asia Region: challenges and opportunities

An overview of the health of the urban poor in Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region focusing on health protection. It addresses the built environment determinants of health including land use, food access, housing, transport and domestic energy sources. The resource might be used for making the case for a strategic framework of

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Urban transport and health. Module 5g. Sustainable transport: a sourcebook for policy-makers in developing cities

A training module and sourcebook for practical orientation, focusing on best practices in planning and regulation with examples of successful experiences in developing cities. It provides an overview of the key pathways by which transport can influence health, and the scale of transport-related health risks in OECD and developing countries. It then discusses instruments that

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