Call for interested Urban Health Researchers and Practitioners to join Steering Committee and support team Nov 2024-Nov 2025
Overview We are seeking passionate urban health researchers and practitioners to serve the Community as Steering Committee members or Administrative or Communications support for a 12-month term to assist in the implementation of our strategic vision to grow and equip an African urban health community to accelerate transformative action for healthy sustainable cities in Africa. […]
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 […]
Appropriation of public space and urban infrastructure for leisure physical activity (ALPhA) -Second Lagos and Yaoundé stakeholder workshop reports
The research project “Informal Appropriation of Public Space for Leisure Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaoundé (ALPhA)”, led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Universities of Lagos and Yaoundé, aims to re-imagine urban space for healthy, safe leisure physical activity in Lagos, Nigeria, and Yaoundé, Cameroon. As part of this endeavour, following […]
The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns
This article was first published on Cities & Health Abstract Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency. […]
