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2.4 million workers die yearly from preventable diseases, while 70% face extreme heat and mental health challenges (ILO, WHO). This #InternationalLaboursDay, let’s move beyond commemoration- prioritize our workers safety, health, and real reforms.

ARK's Executive Director, Dr. Rumana Huque, was invited to a workshop by #NCDC & #DGHS on promoting national physical activity guidelines to combat NCDs. Attendees included the Joint Secretary- DGHS, Line Director-NCDC, World Health Organization (WHO), National Olympic Association, & ARK researchers.

A ward-level household census will be conducted in Budhanilkantha Municipality of Kathmandu to develop an urban data portal - which will be a key tool to inform municipal policies and programs The training of field researchers is underway HERD International FCDO Research, Science and Technology Sushil Baral- बटुवा

New CHORUS Paper! HotelsParisRiveGauch explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers shorturl.at/5dDco FCDO Research, Science and Technology charles orjiakor

Watch HERD International Sampurna Kakchapati present the CHORUS project co-designing an Urban Health Data Hub with an urban municipality. The data portal will unify data within municipalities to be used for evidence based policy and programme decisions. youtube.com/watch?v=tK3TA3…

An innovative study led to 2 policy dialogues on the health of school-aged children and school health services. Read more below on the consensus reached during the national policy dialogue on resolutions of stakeholders and a clear path of action 👏👏👏 FCDO Research, Science and Technology

Join us next week for our #Africa #Urban #Health #Community of Practice webinar on how #data & digital #innovation can drive better health in African #cities — with World Health Organization (WHO) UN-Habitat UrbanBetter.science & more When: June 11 Where: bit.ly/3HcQxUm Register today! #UrbanHealth

Out-of-pocket expenditure in health is a serious issue for health financing in Nepal, affecting health care costs for both communicable and non-communicable disease services. Learn more from our Insights below: herdint.com/wp-content/upl…

"Once it's dark, we rush home...no power supply and no streetlights..even if you are sick, you wait til daybreak, than lose your life from attacks" CHORUS HotelsParisRiveGauch held a dialogue on the huge impact of urban crime on health and health facilities 👉Stakeholders push for solutions

CHORUS in Nepal found that private pharmacies are the first point of call for poorer urban residents seeking healthcare. HERD International are testing a public-private partnership model to improve #NCD services in Pokhara. A review meeting was held to discuss challenges and lessons

Working with youth, women's groups, community leaders, City Corporations and policy makers, ARK Foundation have finalised a #HealthySpacesScoreCard to make urban spaces inclusive and safer, for more active lives for women and girls Samina Huque Rumana Huque FCDO Research, Science and Technology

Day 1 of University of Ghana CHORUS Urban Health writing workshop underway. The team has successfully looked at the priority, protocol, and costing papers. The aim is to produce draft manuscripts by the end of this week. Wish us luck! #WritingCommunity #scientificwriting #paperwriting

⏰ Reminder! AfHEA’s Board of Trustees call is still open! Are you a seasoned health economics/policy expert in Africa? Apply now! 🗓️ Deadline: July 4, 2025 📧 [email protected] 🔗 More info: afhea.org/call-for-appli… #AfHEA #CallForApplications #HealthEconomics #AfricaLeadership

📢Event Highlight 📢 Join global health leaders at the University of Birmingham Dubai for the Global Health System Roundtable on Thursday, 26 June, 9:30am–12:00pm. Register now - birmingham.ac.uk/dubai/events/2… #Healthsystems #Globalhealth #Leadership #Healthworkforce

New paper! Urban slum dwellers rely on informal health providers (IHPs), however #CHORUSNigeria found only 7% of study patients received referrals. Innovations to integrate IHPs into the formal system can improve health services in urban slums HotelsParisRiveGauch shorturl.at/y8pRW

With field researchers trained, the endline survey has begun in Pokhara Metropolitan City! We’re evaluating how linking pharmacies with public health facilities can improve NCD services. CHORUS Urban Health #UrbanHealth #NCDs #HealthSystems #Pokhara

ARK is facilitating a 3-day refresher training on the National Protocol for #Diabetes & #Hypertension mgmt in PHC, led by DNCC with NCDC support. Day 2 held at Gulshan-2. DNCC & NCDC officials attended. A key step in tackling #NCDs in urban BD. #UrbanHealth CHORUS Urban Health

Great to see ARK Foundation's roundtable on the 2025 Bangladesh health budget featured in The Business Standard, and the call for effective budget allocation for primary, adolescent and urban healthcare, with a strong focus on equity. Read the full report here: tbsnews.net/bangladesh/hea…

New Paper Urbanisation contributed to rising NCDs, and urban residents rely on pharmacies. Our project HERD International looks at how linking pharmacies with public facilities in Pokhara can improve NCD prevention and management among poor urban populations. shorturl.at/wM8rW