![]() The CPI is a global initiative that has been applied in over 400 cities. To help identify cities like London we used data from the UN-Habitat’s City Prosperity Initiative (CPI). Starting from that premise, we took a data-led approach to find similar places to ours across the globe. ![]() When we say ‘ urban health ’, we mean exploring how these characteristics interact to provide both opportunities for and barriers to good health. There is a wide variation of household income, with affluence and poverty living side by side. Our boroughs are densely populated with a rich and diverse mix of cultures and ethnicities. We plan to build dialogue and connections with people and places working with peers globally to grow our understanding of the issues and share lessons widely in 2020. And that we can all learn from each other. Working with the Innovation Unit, the initiative starts from the premise that there are neighbourhoods elsewhere in the world which face very similar health challenges to our boroughs in inner-city London. We are now building on that with an ambitious two-year international learning project to help us understand the opportunities and barriers to equitable health in urban areas. ![]() We also often find ourselves being approached by policy-makers, foundations, practitioners and academics from cities all around the world, interested in learning from our urban health programmes. Since we launched our new strategy, we’ve been building our understanding of urban health – what it is, who can impact it, and how it shapes our lives. ![]()
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