Healthy cities initiative in the African region: Evaluation manual
2002
World Health Organization (WHO)
The Healthy City initiative, started in 1987 by the World Health Organization (WHO), seeks to put health on the agenda of decision-makers
in cities, and to build a strong lobby for public health at the local level.
Healthy City Programmes (HCPs) were first set up in the developed countries. The value of such projects is being increasingly recognized,
and since the mid-1990s the number of HCPs established in developing countries has increased significantly. A small number of projects have been implemented in some countries in the African Region.
In 1999 the WHO, Africa Region (WHO/AFRO), held three workshops to promote the setting up of HCPs in the region. As part of the initial support to the countries in developing their HCPs, WHO/AFRO commissioned a series of manuals, including one on how to set up and implement HCPs, another on collecting baseline information, and another (this booklet) on how to evaluate them.
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