NEW YORK, September 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The 2017 International Conference on Urban Health (26-29
September, Coimbra, Portugal) will
gather more than 600 stakeholders from 65 countries to advance
understanding of actions needed to create equitable, healthier
cities for sustainable development.
By 2050, an estimated 70% of the world's population will live in
cities, with more than 90% of urban population growth in low/middle
income countries. Cities, the engines of economic and social
development, must be at the forefront of tackling critical
global health and development issues.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
recognize cities for the first time in goal #11 and UN-Habitat's
New Urban Agenda provides a framework for managing the growth and
development of cities. Critical to this is the health of the
population. Health is not only the result of health care. The
decisions made in all sectors including government, housing,
transportation, education, economic development, energy and
environment can determine the health of the population. Government
must partner with business and civil society to create healthy
cities and to address health inequities. This conference, Health
Equity: The New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development
Goals, will explore the evidence and experience that
policymakers need to address the challenges and opportunities for
health in urban environments.
Organized by the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH),
the University of Coimbra and Elsevier, the conference offers an
interdisciplinary programme, where experts from urban planning,
architecture, transportation, housing, environmental health, public
health, and health care delivery will share solutions with
policymakers and practitioners from high, middle and low- income
settings.
Conference speakers include representatives from the World
Health Organisation, UN-Habitat, the European Commission and many
global programmes and research establishments.
Sessions will explore the need for integrated planning and
implementation of interventions in policymaking; global
epidemiological, demographic, and societal changes and the
opportunities and challenges they present for policies and
programs; effective governance; evidence-based decision making in
urban planning and management; models for achieving high-quality
health care delivery; and strategies for sustainable
urbanization.
"Attention to cities is growing more visible worldwide and The
International Society for Urban Health is committed to assuring
that strategies that advance urban health are priorities for
decision making across the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to
assure that all individuals and neighbourhoods within cities have
access to clean water and sanitation, food security, adequate
shelter, promoting gender equality and women's empowerment," said
Dr. Shamim Talukder, ISUH's
President and CEO of Eminence Associates for Social Development in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ISUH is the only global organisation focusing exclusively on
urban health and committed to advancing the generation, exchange,
and application of high quality evidence and experience in urban
health by bringing together academics, policy makers, implementers,
and community leaders to attain health equity in urban settings
worldwide. Global conference partners are the International Council
for Science (ICSU) and Inter Academy Partnership-Health.
For more information: visit http://www.icuh2017.org, follow
@IS_UrbanHealth #ICUH2017.
Contact: Gina Ravosa,
+1-212-822-7285 office | +1-917-881-1791 mobile |
gravosa@nyam.org
SOURCE The International Society for Urban Health