Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority
| dc.contributor.author | Vearey, Jo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luginaah, Isaac | |
| dc.contributor.author | Magitta, Ng’weina F | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shilla, Dativa J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oni, Tolu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-11T10:59:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-11T10:59:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03-25 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-03-31T03:14:32Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract The African continent is predicted to be home to over half of the expected global population growth between 2015 and 2050, highlighting the importance of addressing population health in Africa for improving public health globally. By 2050, nearly 60% of the population of the continent is expected to be living in urban areas and 35–40% of children and adolescents globally are projected to be living in Africa. Urgent attention is therefore required to respond to this population growth - particularly in the context of an increasingly urban and young population. To this end, the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity in Africa (RICHE Africa) Network aims to support the development of evidence to inform policy and programming to improve urban health across the continent. This paper highlights the importance of action in the African continent for achieving global public health targets. Specifically, we argue that a focus on urban health in Africa is urgently required in order to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global and regional public health targets, including Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the new Urban Agenda, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Action on urban public health in Africa is critical for achieving global public health targets. Four key research and training priorities for improving urban health in Africa, are outlined: (1) increase intersectoral urban health literacy; (2) apply a healthy urban governance and systems approach; (3) develop a participatory and collaborative urban health planning process; and, (4) produce a new generation of urban health scholars and practitioners. We argue that acting on key priorities in urban health is critical for improving health for all and ensuring that we ‘leave no-one behind’ when working to achieve these regional and global agendas to improve health and wellbeing. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Vearey, J., Luginaah, I., , Shilla, D. J., & Oni, T. (2019). Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority. <i>BMC Public Health</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29965 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Vearey, Jo, Isaac Luginaah, , Dativa J Shilla, and Tolu Oni "Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority." <i>BMC Public Health</i> (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29965 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vearey, J., Luginaah, I., Shilla, D. J., & Oni, T. (2019). Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority. BMC public health, 19(1), 340. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Vearey, Jo AU - Luginaah, Isaac AU - Magitta, Ng’weina F AU - Shilla, Dativa J AU - Oni, Tolu AB - Abstract The African continent is predicted to be home to over half of the expected global population growth between 2015 and 2050, highlighting the importance of addressing population health in Africa for improving public health globally. By 2050, nearly 60% of the population of the continent is expected to be living in urban areas and 35–40% of children and adolescents globally are projected to be living in Africa. Urgent attention is therefore required to respond to this population growth - particularly in the context of an increasingly urban and young population. To this end, the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity in Africa (RICHE Africa) Network aims to support the development of evidence to inform policy and programming to improve urban health across the continent. This paper highlights the importance of action in the African continent for achieving global public health targets. Specifically, we argue that a focus on urban health in Africa is urgently required in order to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global and regional public health targets, including Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the new Urban Agenda, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Action on urban public health in Africa is critical for achieving global public health targets. Four key research and training priorities for improving urban health in Africa, are outlined: (1) increase intersectoral urban health literacy; (2) apply a healthy urban governance and systems approach; (3) develop a participatory and collaborative urban health planning process; and, (4) produce a new generation of urban health scholars and practitioners. We argue that acting on key priorities in urban health is critical for improving health for all and ensuring that we ‘leave no-one behind’ when working to achieve these regional and global agendas to improve health and wellbeing. DA - 2019-03-25 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - BMC Public Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority TI - Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29965 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6674-8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29965 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Vearey J, Luginaah I, , Shilla DJ, Oni T. Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority. BMC Public Health. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29965. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | The Author(s). | |
| dc.source | BMC Public Health | |
| dc.source.uri | https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/ | |
| dc.title | Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |