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Bold action by city leaders has and will continue to impact the global pandemic response. The Partnership for Healthy Cities has compiled key accomplishments from six cities in its global network, whose mayors who have taken on the role of urban health champions.

During a recent trip to her home country, Russia, Irina Morozova, Technical Advisor of Public Health Communication, reflects on a decade of progress in tobacco control.

Sandra Mullin, Senior Vice President of Policy, Advocacy and Communication discusses communication and road safety efforts at the Bogotá International Road Safety Seminar

To mark World Cities Day 2020, the Partnership for Healthy Cities—supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies—hosted a special VitalTalks event on how cities are leading us through the pandemic toward a healthier world.

On #WorldCitiesDay we sat down with Ariella Rojhani, Director of the Partnership for Healthy Cities at Vital Strategies, to learn more about how the global network of cities has adapted to the COVID-19 era.

Country Director, Ethiopia

On World Statistics Day we're highlighting our global work to improve public health data systems.

Julie Rwan, Senior Manager for the Overdose Prevention Program’s Michigan team explains what executive actions hope to accomplish, how this impacts overdose prevention work, and why addressing racism in public health is paramount.