We focus on four complex health issues more prevalent in urban areas
With the Social Progress Imperative, we've developed the first neighbourhood level, health-focused social progress index of its kind.
With Wellcome Trust
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Insights from our team and partners.
Childhood obesity • COVID-19
Programme Director Sarah Hickey shares her reflections on COVID-19's impact on our childhood obesity programme.
Multiple long-term conditions • COVID-19
Programme Director Rohan Martyres shares his reflections on the impact of COVID-19 on local health inequity, and what it means for our work.
Health effects of air pollution • COVID-19
Kate Langford reflects on the impact, learnings and opportunities for our health effects of air pollution programme created by COVID-19.
Urban health • COVID-19
Chief Executive Kieron Boyle explores what we've learnt since the first lockdown, and how we can collectively shift the dial on health inequalities.
Urban health
Rowena Estwick shares what we’ve learned so far about global urban health inequality, and how we’re taking action.
Health effects of air pollution
Programme Director Kate Langford shares more on our pilot to test ways to make our streets easier and safer for local residents to walk, cycle and spend time.
Programme Director Kate Langford shares why improving air quality to improve our health is such a fitting legacy from COVID-19.
Multiple long-term conditions
Shannon is a 55-year-old single mother with four teenagers. Her precarious working conditions negatively impacted her health, especially when she couldn’t take paid time off work when she needed it.
Andrea is a 44-year-old and originally from Latin America. Her housing conditions were extremely bad, and they made her feel sick. Though the damp in her house made her asthma worse, better housing was unaffordable to her.
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