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Resources and news

WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

WHO SEARO / Florian Lang
WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being
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Regional and country news

  • 6 Apr 2026: Douala II joins the Age-friendly Cities and Communities Network
  • 31 Mar 2026: Cleaner markets for safer food in Cameroon
  • 20 Mar 2026: Mexico City's Ministry of Public Health and PAHO Collaborate for the Evaluation of UTOPIAS, a Model of Social Care and Health Promotion 
  • 5 Mar 2026: Mexico City Congress promotes adding mayors to the Healthy Municipalities Movement - PAHO/WHO
  • 18-20 Aug 2025:  The region advances in the consolidation of initiatives on Social Determinants and Urban Governance for Health and Well-being, with the support of PAHO
  • Aug 2025: Urbanization and Health: WHO Cameroon Honors 30 Local Actors for their Outstanding Commitment to a Healthy Environment 
  • 27 Jul 2025: From the barangays to the city: Pasig builds inclusive urban health through community action 
  • 20 Jun 2025: Healthy cities start with local-level participation — Pasig City & WHO
  • 27 Apr 2023: Urbanlead launches working sessions in Mexico City [SP]
  • 3 Apr 2025: Celebrating Healthy Cities: WHO Award Ceremony for Healthy Cities
  • 30 May 2023: Highlights from the WHO-SEARO Regional Workshop to Develop City Health Profiles and Healthy City Plan held on 25-27 April 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • 28 Apr 2023: PAHO calls on local governments to join initiatives to promote healthy cities and communities
  • 21 Nov 2022: Local governments of the Americas meet to achieve healthy municipalities, cities, and communities
  • 27-29 Sep 2022: Regional Meeting with Multi-sectoral Partners on Urban Governance for Health and Wellbeing in South-East Asia Region
  • Resources and publications

    WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

    City Spotlight on Douala, Cameroon, summarizing progress from Phase 1 (2020–2024) of the WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being...

    WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

    City Spotlight on Pasig, Philippines, summarizing progress from Phase 1 (2020–2024) of the WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being...

    WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

    City Spotlight on Khulna, Bangladesh, summarizing progress from Phase 1 (2020–2024) of the WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being...

    WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

    This document presents an overview of the WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being, outlining its strategic objectives, key results...

    WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being

    City Spotlight on Bogota, Colombia, summarizing progress from Phase 1 (2020–2024) of the WHO Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being...

    Enhancing urban governance for health and well-being in South-East Asian cities: Regional laboratory, framework, cases and assessment tool

    This document is developed by the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia in collaboration with the Regional Social Laboratory on urban governance for...

    Regional Meeting with Multisectoral Partners on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being in South-East Asia Region

    The Regional Meeting with Multisectoral Partners on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being on 27- 29 September 2022, brought together over one hundred...

    Urban governance for health and well-being:  A step-by-step approach to operational research in cities

    Building on good practices in the WHO Healthy Cities programme, this step-by-step approach and the indicators developed allow for the establishment of...

    Good urban governance for health and well-being: A systematic review of barriers, facilitators and indicators

    The aim of the systematic review was to identify barriers to and facilitators of multisectoral action and civic engagement and to suggest validated indicators...

    Healthy Cities Effective Approach to a Changing World

    The Healthy Cities initiative was conceived with the goal of placing health high on the social and political agenda of cities by promoting health, equity...

    World Health Organization

    The systematic review aims to identify the validated and reliable indicators and tools to assess participatory governance for population health, wellbeing,...