Invitation: IAP Global Webinar ‘Academies of science and medicine: Actions to advance urban health', Wednesday 5 October 2022, 11:00 am UTC

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*Join IAP Global Webinar ‘Academies of science and medicine: Actions to 
advance urban health’ on Wednesday 5 October 2022, 11:00 am UTC (1 hour)!*

*Register now:**https://tinyurl.com/IAPurb* <https://tinyurl.com/IAPurb>

We are pleased to invite you to the *IAP Global Webinar ‘Academies of 
science and medicine: Actions to advance urban health’ on Wednesday 5 
October 2022, **11:00 am UTC (1 hour)*

The webinar is addressed particularly to IAP academy member academies, 
fellows and staff, but is open to all.

The global and national focus on cities has been magnified by the 
COVID-19 pandemic, not only for what concerns its impact on urban public 
health and healthcare systems, but also on urban planning and space use, 
public transport, housing, socioeconomic development and health 
disparities in vulnerable communities.

As cities and countries move through the epidemic, seeking lessons 
learned that can be applied to “building back better” across sectors 
within cities and nations, the InterAcademy Partneship (IAP) carried out 
a systematic review of current work by national academies of science and 
medicine on the broad determinants of urban health. The key findings of 
the study, plus recommendations, will be presented.

Prof. Jo Ivey Boufford, Chair of IAP-Urban Health Working Group will 
introduce the project carried out by the IAP, followed by presentations 
on three main activities in the broad field of urban health:

1. Brief on academies’ activities on urban health: conclusions, project 
challenges, indicative opportunities for academies in urban health and 
its broader determinants (Dr. Sally Fawkes,  Independent Health Policy 
Consultant)

2. Presentation on ‘Sustainable Communities’, an SSEC Global Goals 
community research guide (Carol O’Donnel, Director, Smithsonian Science 
Education Center (SSEC), Washington DC, USA)

3. IAP Statement on Implications of Urbanization in Low- and- Middle- 
Income Countries (Dr. Locana Gunaratna, National Academy of Sciences of 
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka; Chair of the Working Group for the above IAP 
Statement)

The presentations will be followed by the discussion/Q&A .

*Please find attached the global webinar agenda*.
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