Spotlight: Cities Taking the Lead on NCDs
With the right policies and priorities, cities can lead a transformation in health, to a future where each sector of society can do its part to help people live longer, healthier lives.
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Air Pollution: Why Focus on Cities?
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Fueling an Unhealthy Future: Governments Urged to Redirect Subsidies from Health-Harming Industries
The new brief released on the sidelines of the 2019 UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development challenges governments to reexamine current economic incentives to industries that harm health including fossil fuels, alcohol, and tobacco.
