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Urban health
WHO European Healthy Cities Network
The WHO European Healthy Cities Network consists of cities around the WHO European Region that are committed to health and sustainable development: more than 90 cities and towns from 30 countries. They are also linked through national, regional, metropolitan and thematic Healthy Cities networks. A city joins the WHO European Healthy Cities Network based on criteria that are renewed every five years.
Each five-year phase focuses on core priority themes and is launched with a political declaration and a set of strategic goals. The overarching goal of the current Phase V (2009–2013) is health and health equity in all local policies. The three core themes are:
- caring and supportive environments
- healthy living
- healthy urban design.
Phase V is supported by the Zagreb Declaration for Healthy Cities.
Healthy Cities is a global movement, with networks established in all six WHO regions.
More information
See also
- The 2012 Healthy Cities Conference
14-16 June, 2012, St Petersburg, Russian Federation - Governance for health at the local level: People, citizens and assets for health. Liège, Belgium, 15–18 June 2011
Initial consultation with local governments on the new health policy for the WHO European Region – Health 2020 - The Hidden Cities: Addressing Equity in Health and Inclusiveness in Cities
Sandnes, Norway, 17-19 June 2010 - Healthy Cities coordinators
- Zagreb Declaration for Healthy Cities. Health and health equity in all local policies
- Phase V (2009–2013) of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network: goals and requirements
More information
- Meetings of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network
Themes, goals and business
External resources
- Twenty years of Healthy Cities
Video made for the Annual Meeting of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network in 2009.