70
Participating cities
14
Intervention areas
300
Million people covered
Participating Cities

Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Strengthen drink driving enforcement through policy change and capacity building
Córdoba,
Argentina
Melbourne,
Australia
Develop a strategic plan to create a smoke-free city
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Fortaleza,
Brazil
Monitor the health impact of city-wide bike share and pilot a safe routes to school program to encourage students to walk and bike safely to school
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Strengthen implementation of ban on tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS), especially at points of sale
São Paulo,
Brazil
Evaluate the effectiveness of communication campaigns encouraging the use of motorcycle helmets
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
Create healthy food environments in public schools and hospitals
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Implement measures to reduce sugary drinks and unhealthy food consumption in schools
Toronto,
Canada
Expand the Active and Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) pilot project to improve safety and protect children in three new school zones
Vancouver,
Canada
Create a centralized Healthy City Dashboard compiling a range of available health, social and wellbeing data sets at the neighborhood level
Santiago,
Chile
Develop a “Safe Routes to Schools” program and implement in the La Pintana neighborhood.
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Conduct a population-level NCD risk factor survey to support evidence-based decision making, resource allocation and the provision of preventive health services and programs
Bogotá,
Colombia
Create healthy school food environments through policy enforcement, training and communication
Cali,
Colombia
Create healthy school food environments through policy enforcement, training and communication
Medellín,
Colombia
Create healthy school food environments through policy enforcement, training and communication
Abidjan,
Cote d’Ivoire
Develop nutrition guidelines and raise public awareness about the health risks of consuming too much salt
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Implement the city’s new Bicycle Action Plan, starting with data collection and infrastructure changes at two intersections
Quito,
Ecuador
Expand the new “Pilas con las Vitaminas” school nutrition project to 20 municipal schools
Cairo,
Egypt
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Redesign a neighborhood to reduce speeds and improve pedestrian safety through enforcement and community and media engagement
Helsinki,
Finland
Pilot a Safe Routes to School program to increase healthy behaviors and change public perceptions of active mobility
Paris,
France
Develop a data map of Paris’ air pollution and replace city’s remaining oil-fired boilers with cleaner systems.
Accra,
Ghana
Reduce speeding by pairing a mass media campaign on the dangers of speeding with increased enforcement of speed limits
Kumasi,
Ghana
Develop a comprehensive speed management plan based on international best practices and implement it in 8 pilot corridors
Athens,
Greece
Implement overdose prevention measures, including the distribution of naloxone kits
Ahmedabad,
India
Conduct a population-based household NCD risk factor survey and use the results to support evidence-based provision of health programs in the city
Bengaluru,
India
Create a smoke-free city through the enforcement of smoke-free law
Mumbai,
India
Implement an NCD risk factor mobile survey at the local level
Bandung,
Indonesia
Create a smoke-free city through stronger legislation and regular enforcement
Jakarta,
Indonesia
Scale up enforcement of bans on tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS)
Dublin,
Ireland
Tokyo,
Japan
Amman,
Jordan
Enhance smoke-free enforcement with a focus on public transportation and government buildings
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Create a smoke-free city by increasing compliance with smoke-free law
Guadalajara,
Mexico
Encourage active mobility in five school zones through safety assessments and infrastructure change to disincentivize driving
León,
Mexico
Bring drink driving law in line with international BAC standards and improve enforcement of existing regulations
Mexico City,
Mexico
Assess safety at one local school zone to inform a citywide strategy for protecting children traveling to and from school
Casablanca,
Morocco
Implement a local NCD risk factor mobile survey
Yangon,
Myanmar
Create 10 smoke-free townships within the city
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Enhance enforcement of existing national smoke-free law with a focus on the hospitality sector
Muscat,
Oman
Lima,
Peru
Create healthy food environments in schools, restaurants and bakeries
Quezon City,
Philippines
Implement existing city ordinance that prohibits sale and promotion of sugary drinks near schools.
Warsaw,
Poland
Bucharest,
Romania
Kigali,
Rwanda
Create a smoke-free city by building public awareness, improving coordination among municipal bodies and law enforcement
Dakar,
Senegal
Set nutrition standards for food served or sold in public institutions
Freetown,
Sierra Leone
Cape Town,
South Africa
Create a smoke-free city through stakeholder engagement, communication and policy change
Seoul,
South Korea
Collect nutrition and obesity data to inform long-term policy planning and promote reduced sugary drink consumption on subway advertisements.
Barcelona,
Spain
Evaluate the environmental and health effects of the city’s Superblocks, with a special focus on air quality, active mobility, road safety and social equity
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Revise local food policy to include nutrition standards for foods served and sold in public institutions
Bangkok,
Thailand
Install speed reduction interventions in key areas and create a road safety master plan for the city
Tunis,
Tunisia
Istanbul,
Turkey
Kampala,
Uganda
Create a smoke-free city through increased enforcement of national legislation
Kyiv,
Ukraine
Design a Pedestrian Action Plan to improve road safety, prioritizing vulnerable road users
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Design and implement a communication campaign to promote a population-level shift of social norms around biking and walking
Greater
Manchester,
United Kingdom
London,
United Kingdom
Increase the number of early child care settings implementing evidence-based nutrition guidelines
Boston,
United States
Enhance the existing Safe Routes to Schools program through a series of infrastructure, education and encouragement activities in up to 5 public schools
Chicago,
United States
Model estimates of neighborhood air quality data against core health outcomes and share data on a public dashboard
Philadelphia,
United States
Create a system for routine monitoring of pedestrian and bike counts across the city
San Francisco,
United States
Establish a public health surveillance system that integrates NCD data across health care provider systems
Montevideo,
Uruguay
Create healthy food environments in public institutions through policy change
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Reduce vehicle speeds through new road designs (speed bumps) and media campaign.
Lusaka,
Zambia
Harare,
Zimbabwe
Conduct a population-based survey of risk factors for NCDs and injuries
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