City Health Vital Stories Improved but Unchecked: The Growing Need for Water Quality Surveillance Access to safe drinking water remains one of the most basic yet essential health needs around the globe. In our CityHealth Perspective blog series, we look at how clean water saves lives.
City Health Vital Stories Breathing Smoke in the City: Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Ahead of World Cancer Day, we look at how outdoor air pollution is an increasingly important risk factor for lung cancer among former and never-smokers.
City Health Vital Stories Public transit: unglamorous but essential for shaping healthy, equitable and sustainable cities If cities are ever going to reach their full potential as healthy places to live and engines of opportunity, while easing the pressure of human activity on the planet, public transit needs to be elevated on the global health, environment and development agendas.