General Call – BEST PRACTICES
Eligible applicants: Member cities of the AFHC and WHO Healthy Cities Network
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2014
Submission format: Template
List of proposed WHO Healthy Cities Recognition thematic areas:
1) Protecting, promoting and supporting healthy diets: salt reduction
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Supporting materials: Photographs and advocacy materials
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For further information, please email varghesec@wpro.who.int
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2) Protecting, promoting and supporting healthy diets: Restricting marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children
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3) Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding
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4) Measuring the impact of city-level tobacco control policies
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Ensure scientifically valid methods and results, and existence of a sound plan for dissemination of results
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For surveys: use of internationally standardized questions
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For monitoring enforcement: innovative mechanism
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For further information, please email rarickj@wpro.who.int
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5) Disability inclusive cities
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6) Fostering age-friendly cities
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Supporting materials, including policy/programme documents, photographs and advocacy materials
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For further information, please email baerb@wpro.who.int
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7) Creating gender-responsive cities
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Supporting materials, including policy/ programme documents, photographs and advocacy materials
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For further information, please email baerb@wpro.who.int
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8) Water Safety Planning
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9) Safe cities: Prevention of violence and injuries
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Inclusion criteria: Only cities implementing evidence-based and data-informed multisectoral interventions for addressing violence and injury issues (eg road traffic injury, drowning, interpersonal violence etc) will be considered
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Supporting materials: Photographs and advocacy materials
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For further information/queries, please email passmorej@wpro.who.int
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10) Addressing the social determinants of health through a Health in All Policies approach
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Supporting materials, including policy/ programme documents, photographs and advocacy materials
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For further information, please email baerb@wpro.who.int
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How to submit: Please email your submission and supporting documents to the Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion Unit nhp@wpro.who.int
Recognition: A plaque of recognition will be awarded to applicants who successfully demonstrate best practice in the following areas. Awardees will be announced at the 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, 29 Oct- 1 Nov 2014 in Hong Kong (SAR), China.
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