Making the ‘Urban’ Better: Planetary health conversations on building healthy sustainable cities in the era of COVID-19 and beyond…

“The greatest threat to positive societal reset is not the challenges of the present but a stagnant mindset of impossibility”. The world has witnessed unprecedented collaboration as part of the pandemic response, between different government ministries, between community groups and the public sector, and between public and private sectors. These previously considered improbable or unlikely […]
ISUH Africa Urban Health Community of Practice

The Africa Action Group of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) brings together scholarly, government, non-governmental, private sector and community-based actors in/of the African continent to exchange knowledge and practices to advance urban health and promote health equity in the region. We place a strong emphasis on involvement of people at the early-mid […]
GDAR

The goal of the Global Diet and Activity Research (GDAR) group and network is to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease in cities in low and middle-income countries. GDAR builds on the expertise and knowledge of research in several countries in Africa and Latin American and Caribbean regions as well […]
Integrating health into human settlements policy (LIRA study)

This article was first published onInternational Science Council Using Cape Town, South Africa, and Douala, Cameroon, as case studies, this LIRA project (2018–2020), led by Tolullah Oni, seeks to develop a practical health and housing-integrated collaboration model that will improve urban policymaking and governance for the planning of African cities. The project brings together academic […]
The Informal Appropriation of Public Space for Leisure Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaounde (ALPhA Study)

The ALPhA study explores ways that public space is being used for physical activity (exercise) in Lagos, Nigeria and Yaoundé, Cameroon. Over 3 years, the project sought to understand the types of ALPhA spaces that exist, the experiences of people who use these ALPhA spaces, and air pollution, safety and injury risks. The interdisciplinary team […]
Nourishing Spaces

The fastest growing cities in the world are in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This urbanisation is increasing access to unhealthy foods while reducing safe opportunities for physical activity like walking to school or exercise. As a result, LMICs are experiencing rising levels of non-communicable diseases like obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Methods We conducted literature […]
NCD risk in Adolescents with HIV

This study aimed to better understand the interlinkages between HIV and NCDs when they co-exist (also known as co-morbidity) in adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in peri-urban South Africa. Related resources
Health in Human Settlements

The aim of the study was to assess whether such data integration could help to identify which areas should be prioritised for intervention based on the health profiles of the population and to explore whether this could also inform the choice of informal settlement upgrading intervention implemented in order to improve both human and environmental […]
Healthy green buildings

This state-of-the art review (a structured review of research studies) to identify publications or information on green building initiatives that have been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa with the aim to identify and describe green building initiatives that have been implemented in Sub-Saharan African countries, to explore the green building certifications or guidelines that have been […]