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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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Childhood obesity

Market forces shape children’s health – Government can determine whether for better or worse

Our response to part two of the National Food Strategy authored by Henry Dimbleby.

Anna Garrod

Policy and Influencing Director

Opinion

02 Jul 2021

Why Sajid Javid needs to think beyond healthcare to tackle post-COVID health inequality

Policy and Influencing Director, Anna Garrod, talks about the role the new Health Secretary can play in tackling health inequity in cities and beyond.

Anna Tarkington

Data Partnerships Manager

Data

21 Jul 2021

How we’re building on our Urban Health Index

Two months on from launching an index measuring social progress in Lambeth and Southwark, our Data Partnerships Manager Anna Tarkington shares how we've continued to develop the index.

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

08 Jun 2021

Future scenarios for Lambeth and Southwark

We've been working with the London School of Economics and local residents to map what the next decade could look like for our inner London boroughs.

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)

13-15 years

difference in healthy life expectancies at birth across London boroughs, for men and women respectively (source: PHE)

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 health issues that are more prevalent in inner-city areas. Find out more about each programme and the partners we're working with.