The  International Urban Health Summit (IUHS), held in Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany, on 9-11 April, brought together over 200 participants from 30 countries representing international researchers from a wide range of disciplines, practitioners, policy makers and civil society to explore key challenges and solutions for improving urban health, within the broad context of the SDGs and against a turbulent background of geopolitical challenges.

Leadership of the World Health Organization and UN Habitat, the two UN agencies most involved in urbanization and health, expressed their strong support for the work of the Summit, whose discussions and insights are now available through this timely report which underlines how a governance approach that progresses “health-in-all-policies”, requires transformation from a medical to cross-sectoral model for preventive health strategies.

"Your zip code is a better predictor of your health than your genetic code"

The report of the event is now available.

Co-authors Jo Ivey Boufford, who leads the IAP Urban Health Working Group and Robin Fears, who has worked with IAP on Climate Change and Health, among other projects, authored the report which further solidifies the role of academia in the promotion of Urban Health.