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Urbanization has become a determinant for health in its own right. Cities are places where health can be produced or compromised, and city leaders have shown that they can lead the way by creating systems that promote and protect health. This was already happening before the pandemic, and city leaders have stepped up to respond to COVID-19's impact on their people.

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, Director of the Road Safety Communication program and tobacco control technical advisor on the Policy, Advocacy and Communication team, 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.

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