MEDIA ADVISORY: Global Mayors to Convene in London to Address Noncommunicable Disease and Injury Prevention at First Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

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Monday, 27 February 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY

Global Mayors to Convene in London to Address Noncommunicable Disease and Injury Prevention at First Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Summit to take place on March 15 in London, hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies and the Mayor of London.

LONDON – February 27, 2023 – The inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC) Summit, to be held on March 15, will convene mayors and officials from more than 50 cities across the globe to discuss proven interventions to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, and the best practices that are saving lives and creating healthier, more vibrant cities.

Noncommunicable diseases – including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – and injuries are responsible for 80% of all deaths globally. With the majority of the world’s population now living in urban settings, cities and their leaders are uniquely positioned to transform the fight against NCDs and injuries and reduce preventable deaths by implementing policies that are proven to prevent exposure to risk factors.

Since the Partnership for Healthy Cities was founded in 2017, members of the 70-city global network have been implementing Partnership-supported projects and pursuing stronger public health policies in a number of areas, including tobacco control, food policy, road safety, strengthening surveillance of NCDs and overdose prevention.

The Summit will be held in-person, and will be open to press from 1:00pm – 3:00pm GMT on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London.

This following list is for planning purposes only and subject to change. Attending mayors include:

Mayor Sadiq Khan, London, UK
PHC focus area: Reducing children's exposure to unhealthy food and drink through advertising restrictions

Intendent Martín Llaryora, Córdoba, Argentina
PHC focus area: Promoting healthy eating in schools

Governor Claudio Orrego Larraín, Santiago, Chile
PHC focus area: Developing metropolitan mobility policy

Mayor Chilando Chitangala, Lusaka, Zambia
PHC focus area: Reducing road traffic injuries, with a special focus on women and children

Mayor Se-hoon Oh, Seoul, South Korea
PHC focus area: Increasing smoke-free compliance in public areas

Mayor Carolina Mejía, Santo Domingo, DR
PHC focus area: Reducing speeding on urban avenues

Mayor Santiago Guarderas, Quito, Ecuador
PHC focus area: Promoting healthy school environments

Mayor José Sarto, Fortaleza, Brazil
PHC focus area: Improving air quality

Mayor Joy Belmonte, Quezon City, Philippines
PHC focus area: Pursuing healthier restaurant environments, with a focus on menu labeling

Mayor Elizabeth Sackey, Accra, Ghana
PHC focus area: Reducing traffic fatalities through new safety designs

Mayor Rosy Senanayake, Colombo, Sri Lanka
PHC focus area: Increasing nutritional standards in canteens

Mayor Barthélémy Toye Dias, Dakar, Senegal
PHC focus area: Improving nutritional standards in public restaurants, with a focus on salt consumption

Mayor Denise Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Freetown, Sierra Leone
PHC focus area: Reducing consumption of salt in markets and hospitals

Mayor Erias Lukwago, Kampala, Uganda
PHC focus area: Reducing air pollution using human-centered design and co-creation methodologies

Mayor Balendra Shah, Kathmandu, Nepal
PHC focus area: Conducting air quality surveillance

Mayor Maurice Konaté, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
PHC focus area: Developing a policy requiring healthier foods in schools and hospitals, with a focus on reducing sugar and salt consumption

Mayor Samuel Pyne, Kumasi, Ghana
PHC focus area: Reducing traffic fatalities through speed management

Mayor Kiritkumar Jivanlal Parmar, Ahmedabad, India
PHC focus area: Surveilling noncommunicable diseases

The Summit program will feature global leaders, mayors and city technical staff, who will discuss their roles in developing, supporting, implementing and enforcing policies to create healthy environments for healthier populations.

Topics include:

Issues in Addressing Public Health, Equity and Health Disparities

NCD and Injury Prevention Priorities and Challenges

Commercial Determinants of Health

Press Registration
For press interested in attending in-person, please fill out this form to register for credentials by March 13 at 5:00pm GMT.

A livestream option will also be available to view the program virtually.

About the Partnership for Healthy Cities
The Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC), supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Vital Strategies, is a prestigious global network of 70 cities whose mayors have committed to prevent NCDs—including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and chronic lung disease—and injuries through proven interventions. In 2021, the Partnership launched the Policy Accelerator to support an initial cohort of 13 cities in the network to create and adopt strong public health policies and to institutionalize development processes for future policy. A second cohort of Policy Accelerator Cities will be announced at the Summit. More information and statistics about the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the Policy Accelerator can be found at cities4health.org.

About Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in 700 cities and 150 countries around the world to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health. Bloomberg Philanthropies encompasses all of Michael R. Bloomberg’s giving, including his foundation, corporate, and personal philanthropy as well as Bloomberg Associates, a pro bono consultancy that works in cities around the world. In 2022, Bloomberg Philanthropies distributed $1.7 billion. For more information, please visit bloomberg.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

About the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across six regions and from more than 150 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. Our goal for 2019-2023 is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and wellbeing.

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