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We’re committed to achieving health equity by helping urban areas become healthier places for everyone to live

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Multiple long-term conditions

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

14 Apr 2021

Easing pressures – how work, money and homes can make our cities healthier and fairer

How we're addressing the social determinants of health that can slow progression from one to many long-term health conditions

Anna Tarkington

Data Partnerships Manager

Opinion

12 Apr 2021

Creating an Urban Health Index for Lambeth and Southwark

Data Partnerships Manager, Anna Tarkington, talks about the launch of the Urban Health Index, a ground-breaking social progress index for Lambeth and Southwark.

Response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report

Chief Executive Kieron Boyle responds to the UK Government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report

Holding the past, present, and future when working on food during the pandemic

Programme Director Sarah Hickey shares her reflections on COVID-19's impact on our childhood obesity programme.

68%

of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050 (source: the UN)

8 out of 10

people in the UK currently live in cities or towns (source: Population Reference Bureau)

15-19 years

the range of life expectancies across London boroughs, for men and women respectively (source: PHE)

Middle of a road filled with car traffic

About us

Our health is hugely influenced by where we grow up, live and work. And in urban areas, we see the best and worst health outcomes, often just roads away from each other.

We are focused on improving health in inner-city areas by understanding and changing how inequalities impact our health.   

Find out more about urban health

Urban health programmes

We focus our work on four complex health issues prevalent in inner-city areas. Find out more about each programme and the partners we're working with.