{"id":4711,"date":"2021-09-23T20:52:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/?page_id=4711"},"modified":"2021-09-23T20:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:57:20","slug":"ncd-epidemiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/ncd-epidemiology\/","title":{"rendered":"NCD Epidemiology in Adolescents Living with HIV Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4711\" class=\"elementor elementor-4711\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c827244 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c827244\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6a43ed\" data-id=\"b6a43ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8787d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8787d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NCD Epidemiology in Adolescents Living with HIV<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ab2e88 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ab2e88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a18f173\" data-id=\"a18f173\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1cd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d1cd98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Investigating NCDs and NCD risk factors in adolescents and youth living with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa. <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-576da49 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"576da49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27aed35\" data-id=\"27aed35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23627ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23627ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Africa is facing a double burden of disease with an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like obesity and an existing burden of infectious diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Adolescents and youth bear a disproportionate burden of HIV, and youth living with HIV have an increased risk of NCDs in part due to psychosocial challenges and the complications of antiretroviral therapy (ART).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b091a5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b091a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89fee28\" data-id=\"89fee28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap 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1rem;\">T<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-3da8f43 ); font-size: 1rem;\">o better understand the interlinkages between HIV and NCDs when they co-exist (also known as co-morbidity) in adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in peri-urban South Africa, we explored:<\/span><\/p><div><ul><li>The extent to which NCD prevention, screening and management are already part of existing adolescent HIV primary healthcare services.\u00a0<\/li><li>The prevalence of NCDs and their risk factors in AYLHIV.\u00a0<\/li><li>Individual, household, social and neighbourhood level factors associated with abdominal obesity in AYLHIV.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0ed473 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0ed473\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17f096f\" data-id=\"17f096f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225a698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"225a698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a3d51e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a3d51e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e7f944\" data-id=\"9e7f944\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0b59f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a0b59f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Methods<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59e304b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59e304b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c9d66c\" data-id=\"0c9d66c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92ed93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c92ed93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"proj-methods\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>We initially reviewed the medical records of 491 AYLHIV accessing HIV care across nine primary care health facilities in Cape Town.\u00a0<\/h4><p>We then conducted interviews and clinical observations on a sample of 92 adolescents to ascertain their health profile, environmental exposures, and NCD risk factors during routine clinic visits between March and December 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f975746 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f975746\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-405bc2f\" data-id=\"405bc2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c52816f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c52816f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-db95b90\" data-id=\"db95b90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e62614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e62614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key findings \/ Progress<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56997a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56997a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Despite high NCD comorbidity, our patient records review showed limited attention to NCD prevention, screening and treatment within adolescent HIV primary care.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, only 62% of patient folders had documented height and weight, measurements necessary to calculate body mass index, an indicator of obesity. This evidence suggests inadequate integration of NCDs within HIV health services, a missed opportunity to identify those at risk and to prevent NCDs before they occur.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d6fd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89d6fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We found a significant burden of common NCDs &#8211; hypertension (5%), abdominal obesity (determined using waist circumference) (37%), depression (43%) and psychological distress (44%). AYLHIV reported high levels of household food insecurity (70%) and economic deprivation (44%). They reported low daily fruit and vegetable consumption; while unhealthy food consumption, including fast-foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, was high. Furthermore, they had low nutritional knowledge especially with respect to how diets relate to disease. Encouragingly, two-thirds had sufficient weekly levels of physical activity, primarily from walking. Considering the relatively high burden of NCDs and NCD risk factors in urban AYLHIV, healthy behaviours should be promoted in this population.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feabe5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feabe5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also found that various individual, household and environmental factors were associated with abdominal obesity. At the individual level, skipping breakfast, low wholegrain consumption, absence from school or work and not engaging in weekly physical activity were associated with an increased risk of obesity. Within households, living in a home with an uncomfortable temperature was associated with increased odds of obesity. At the environmental level, having access to a diversity of neighborhood-level destinations and recreational places, good pedestrian facilities, traffic safety, and having a non-fast-food restaurant within walking distance were all associated with a reduced risk of abdominal obesity in this population group. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2ecd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2ecd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our findings highlight that for a more comprehensive approach to keeping AYLHIV healthy, it is vital that care is integrated, incorporating physical, socio-cultural and environmental factors that influence health behaviours and outcomes in order to prevent disease in young people. As many of these factors lie outside healthcare systems, multisectoral interventions are needed to prevent NCDs in adolescents and youth living with HIV.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-797eced elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"797eced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb31ca0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb31ca0\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"funder-pics\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:7.0999999999999996,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e700cd\" data-id=\"9e700cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c56a872 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c56a872\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f41420\" data-id=\"5f41420\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c8d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32c8d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funder 01<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5341172 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5341172\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-855d1cb\" data-id=\"855d1cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b20f2bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b20f2bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Secure the Future program (grant number 430960)<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b8ac47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b8ac47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bms.com\/about-us\/responsibility\/bristol-myers-squibb-foundation\/our-key-initiatives\/secure-the-future.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e26f6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b2e26f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-73a82d4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73a82d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f66c273 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f66c273\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d3c91b\" data-id=\"8d3c91b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f06eac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f06eac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Partners<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a914c3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a914c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b4bf43\" data-id=\"0b4bf43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8bf8f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8bf8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Monika-Kamkuemah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monika Kamkuemah (University of Cape Town)<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f7025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36f7025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/people\/#Tolu\" target=\"_blank\">Tolu Oni (University of Cape Town, University of Cambridge)<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c620f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c620f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/blessings-gausi-5659b0a3\/?trk=pub-pbmap&#038;originalSubdomain=mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blessings Gausi (University of Cape Town)<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e102a0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e102a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c01aab9\" data-id=\"c01aab9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688a5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"688a5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project outputs<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba3ba02 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba3ba02\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c5b0ca\" data-id=\"7c5b0ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c8100 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c5c8100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4140e3d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4140e3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4971b43\" data-id=\"4971b43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c637653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c637653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ol><li><b>Kamkuemah M, Gausi B, Oni T. <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12889-020-08921-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Missed opportunities for NCD multimorbidity prevention in adolescents and youth living with HIV in urban South Africa<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b> <b><i>BMC Public Health<\/i><\/b><b>. 2020 Dec; 20:1-1.<\/b><\/li><li><b>Kamkuemah M, Gausi B, Oni T. <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-75447\/v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>High prevalence of NCD multimorbidity in South African Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV: Implications for Integrated Prevention<\/i><\/b><\/a><b> (Under peer review).<\/b><\/li><li><b><i>International Workshop on HIV &amp; Adolescence, November 2020. <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/academicmedicaleducation.com\/meeting\/international-workshop-hiv-adolescence-2020\/video\/mental-health-and-substance-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Mental health and substance use in adolescents and youth living with HIV in a context of violence<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/li><li><b><i>International Workshop on HIV &amp; Adolescence, November 2020 <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/academicmedicaleducation.com\/meeting\/international-workshop-hiv-adolescence-2020\/e-poster\/epidemiology-non-communicable-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Epidemiology of non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and risk factors in South African adolescents and youth living with HIV in an urban setting<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/li><li><b><i>17th European AIDS Conference, Basel, Switzerland, November 2019. <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/hiv.12814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Non-communicable disease screening and prevention in adolescents and youth living with HIV in the context of rapid urbanisation in South Africa<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42aff62 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42aff62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6d5cf7\" data-id=\"b6d5cf7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170289c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"170289c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other UrbanBetter projects you might be interested in\u2026<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c20932 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c20932\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6811bcf\" data-id=\"6811bcf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2625ca4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2625ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea3f24e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea3f24e\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"gdar-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fb3dcd\" data-id=\"8fb3dcd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d130ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d130ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Diet and Activity Research (GDAR)\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e908c2f elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e908c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"proj-GDAR\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdarnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GDAR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is funded through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/funding-and-support\/global-health-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIHR Global Health Research initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The goal is to help prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancers, in low and middle income countries (LMICs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our work involves finding solutions that are affordable and created in partnership with local communities. GDAR builds on the expertise and knowledge of research in Cameroon, the Caribbean, Kenya, South Africa and the UK.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab73fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ab73fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdarnet.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"aria-label\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ad04cb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9ad04cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/lagos-participatory-air-quality-workshop-sept2023\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7305-2-copy-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/lagos-participatory-air-quality-workshop-sept2023\/\">\n\t\t\t\tParticipatory Air Quality Improvement for Healthy People and Climate Resilient Public Spaces in Lagos: <br> An UrbanBetter Workshop in Lagos\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>There is a growing focus on the importance of tackling air pollution as an entry point for both health and climate resilience in Lagos. Currently, there are multiple actors working towards a common goal ranging from government, civil society, academia and the private sector. In<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 26, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6333 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-planetary-health category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/empowering-words-for-cleaner-skies-from-the-clean-air-africa-network\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FgObRcwXwAI0xh--768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FgObRcwXwAI0xh--768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FgObRcwXwAI0xh--225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FgObRcwXwAI0xh-.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/empowering-words-for-cleaner-skies-from-the-clean-air-africa-network\/\">\n\t\t\t\tEmpowering Words for Cleaner Skies from the CLEAN-Air Africa Network\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The fourth annual International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (07 September 2023) focusses on the theme, \u2018Together for Clean Air\u2019. The theme aims to highlight the urgent need for stronger partnerships, increased investment, and shared responsibility for overcoming air pollution.&nbsp; The CLEAN-Air Africa<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 6, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6283 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-shared-learning category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/age-friendly-public-spaces-in-african-cities-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/age-friendly-public-spaces-in-african-cities-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAge-Friendly Public Spaces in African Cities:  ISUH Africa Community of Practice Webinar Report\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Africa Community of Practice of the International Society for Urban Health hosted another webinar, on \u201cAge-friendly Public Spaces in African Cities: Opportunities and Challenges\u201d. This is part of the Urban Health in Africa Networking and Webinar Series held on 22nd June 2023. The speakers,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 28, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6260 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-planetary-health category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/safe-public-transport-can-support-climate-action-and-public-health-heres-how-both-governments-and-citizens-can-play-a-role\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1115\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-768x1115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-1058x1536.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-1411x2048.jpg 1411w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MG_6144-scaled.jpg 1763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/safe-public-transport-can-support-climate-action-and-public-health-heres-how-both-governments-and-citizens-can-play-a-role\/\">\n\t\t\t\tSafe public transport can support climate action and public health\u2026.Here\u2019s how both governments and citizens can play a role\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Olasumbo Olaniyi, UrbanBetter Disruptor and Cityzen, is an environmental advocate on a mission. She says: \u201cMy journey as an environmental advocate took a radical turn when I began to work with the team at UrbanBetter. It made me more sensitive to my environment and overall<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 18, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6207 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-planetary-health category-urban-health tag-air-pollution\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-in-3-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1086\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-768x1086.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-copy-2-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">air pollution<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/citizen-science-insights-on-air-quality-in-3-cities\/\">\n\t\t\t\tCitizen science insights on air quality in 3 cities\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Cityzens for Clean Air campaign, part of the UrbanBetter Cityzens initiative, aims to amplify youth voices with advocacy on air pollution, climate and health using citizen scientist data generated by young people. The report is based on PM2.5 and NO2 air quality data collected<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 14, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-shared-learning category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-data-in-africa-and-latin-america-experiences-challenges-and-opportunities-isuh-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-data-in-africa-and-latin-america-experiences-challenges-and-opportunities-isuh-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\">\n\t\t\t\tUrban Health Data in Africa and Latin America: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities &#8211; ISUH Community of Practice Webinar Report\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Hosted by the Africa Community of Practice of the International Society for Urban Health, the webinar \u201cUrban Health Data in Africa and Latin America: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities\u201d, is part of the Urban Health in Africa Webinar Series and was held on 23rd February 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 14, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-health category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-data-in-africa-and-latin-america-experiences-challenges-and-opportunities-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-data-in-africa-and-latin-america-experiences-challenges-and-opportunities-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar\/\">\n\t\t\t\tUrban Health Data in Africa and Latin America: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities                                                     -ISUH Africa Community of Practice webinar\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Hosted by the Africa Community of Practice of the International Society for Urban Health, the webinar \u201cUrban Health Data in Africa and Latin America: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities\u201d, is part of the Urban Health in Africa Webinar Series and will be held on 23rd February<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 10, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6090 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-planetary-health category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/air-of-excitement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09-768x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-24-at-20.19.09.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/air-of-excitement\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAir Of Excitement\u00a0\ufffc\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In this blog&nbsp;#UrbanBetter Disruptor,&nbsp;Waziri Mainasara Abubakar writes about his recent visit to a park in Lagos and what he discovered about the air quality at the park. &#8220;We spoke and he&#8217;ll be more than delighted to host you guys. He said to me that he<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJanuary 25, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6052 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-planetary-health category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/an-architect-activist-advocating-for-healthy-public-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414-768x476.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_6657-scaled-e1687078260414.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/an-architect-activist-advocating-for-healthy-public-spaces\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAn Activist Architect Advocating for Healthy Public Spaces\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>On the 25th of September 2022, Lagos held its first ever Car-Free day. To commemorate this event, Cityzens4CleanAir&nbsp;Run Leaders organised and led a run through the streets of Lagos, using the opportunity to advocate for clean air and healthy public spaces. We asked&nbsp;#UrbanBetter Disruptor,&nbsp;Olasumbo Olaniyi,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tDecember 21, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5580 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-urban-health tag-alpha tag-governance tag-physical-activity tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/appropriation-of-public-space-and-urban-infrastructure-for-leisure-physical-activity-alpha-second-lagos-and-yaounde-stakeholder-workshop-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lagos-workshop2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">ALPhA<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/appropriation-of-public-space-and-urban-infrastructure-for-leisure-physical-activity-alpha-second-lagos-and-yaounde-stakeholder-workshop-reports\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAppropriation of public space and urban infrastructure for leisure physical activity (ALPhA)\u00a0   -Second Lagos and Yaound\u00e9 stakeholder workshop reports\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The research project \u201cInformal Appropriation of Public Space for Leisure Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaound\u00e9 (ALPhA)\u201d, led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Universities of Lagos and Yaound\u00e9, aims to re-imagine urban space for healthy, safe leisure physical activity in Lagos,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 10, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5521 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-shared-learning category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/advancing-participatory-air-quality-management-for-urban-health-in-lagos-inaugural-knowledge-sharing-and-co-creation-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lagos-workshop-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/advancing-participatory-air-quality-management-for-urban-health-in-lagos-inaugural-knowledge-sharing-and-co-creation-workshop\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAdvancing participatory air quality management for urban health in Lagos: <br> Inaugural knowledge sharing and co-creation workshop\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Air pollution \u2013 largely from industrial sources, motor vehicles, burning biomass and desert dust \u2013&nbsp;kills more Africans than unsafe water, unsafe sanitation or childhood malnutrition, with significant implications for human development.&nbsp;Despite this, air quality monitoring remains inadequate across most of the continent. This highlights the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJuly 27, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5338 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-shared-learning category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-governance-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-governance-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar-report\/\">\n\t\t\t\tUrban Health Governance                                                     -ISUH Africa Community of Practice webinar report\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The second webinar hosted by the Africa Community of Practice of the ISUH on the 28th of April 2022 centered around &#8220;Urban Health Governance&#8221;. This was a sequel to the inaugural webinar which is part of the Urban Health in Africa Webinar Series. The speakers<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 9, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5380 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-all category-covid-19 category-urban-health tag-alpha tag-physical-activity tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/the-other-pandemic-social-media-engagement-around-non-communicable-disease-preventive-behaviours-during-nigerias-covid-19-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">ALPhA<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/the-other-pandemic-social-media-engagement-around-non-communicable-disease-preventive-behaviours-during-nigerias-covid-19-lockdowns\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria\u2019s COVID-19 lockdowns\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Abstract Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMay 16, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-health category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-governance-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/urban-health-governance-isuh-africa-community-of-practice-webinar\/\">\n\t\t\t\tUrban Health Governance                                                     -ISUH Africa Community of Practice webinar\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Hosted by the Africa Community of Practice of the International Society for Urban Health, the webinar, centred around &#8220;Urban Health Governance&#8221;, is part of the Urban Health in Africa Webinar Series and will be held on 28th April 2022. The speakers will include actors from<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 29, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5206 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-health category-all category-community-of-practice category-knowledge-exchange category-projects\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/pairing-academia-and-policy-for-transdisciplinary-research-in-africa-inaugural-webinar-of-the-isuh-africa-community-of-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-1536x458.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ISUH-Horizontal-2048x610.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/pairing-academia-and-policy-for-transdisciplinary-research-in-africa-inaugural-webinar-of-the-isuh-africa-community-of-practice\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPairing Academia and Policy for Transdisciplinary Research in Africa &#8211; Inaugural webinar of the ISUH Africa Community of Practice\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The inaugural webinar of the Africa Community of Practice of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) &#8211; &#8220;Pairing academia and policy for transdisciplinary research in Africa&#8221; &#8211; was held on the 2nd December 2021. The event brought together over 30 scholars, government and non-government<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 22, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5369 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-all category-urban-health tag-alpha tag-physical-activity tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-systematic-review-protocol-of-opportunities-for-noncommunicable-disease-prevention-via-public-space-initiatives-in-african-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">ALPhA<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-systematic-review-protocol-of-opportunities-for-noncommunicable-disease-prevention-via-public-space-initiatives-in-african-cities\/\">\n\t\t\t\tA Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Abstract Public spaces have the potential to produce equitable improvements in population health. This mixed-methods systematic review aims to understand the components of, determinants, risks, and outcomes associated with public space initiatives in African cities. This study will include quantitative and qualitative study designs that<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 17, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5385 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-urban-health tag-alpha tag-governance tag-physical-activity tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/appropriation-of-public-space-and-urban-infrastructure-for-leisure-physical-activity-alpha-lagos-and-yaounde-stakeholder-workshop-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yaounde-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yaounde-1.jpg 761w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yaounde-1-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">ALPhA<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/appropriation-of-public-space-and-urban-infrastructure-for-leisure-physical-activity-alpha-lagos-and-yaounde-stakeholder-workshop-reports\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAppropriation of public space and urban infrastructure for leisure physical activity (ALPhA)\u00a0<br>  -Lagos and Yaound\u00e9 stakeholder workshop reports\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>As part of the research project on Informal Appropriation of Public Space for Leisure Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaound\u00e9, led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Universities of Lagos and Yaound\u00e9, the ALPhA research team hosted a first stakeholder workshop on<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 21, 2021\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2081 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-urban-health tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/integrating-health-in-human-settlements\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-6@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">urban planning &amp; development<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/integrating-health-in-human-settlements\/\">\n\t\t\t\tIntegrating health in human settlements\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Health through human settlements: Investigating policymakers\u2019 perceptions of human settlement action for population health improvement in urban South Africa.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 1, 2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2134 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-covid-19 category-urban-health tag-air-pollution tag-alpha tag-physical-activity tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/the-urban-environment-and-leisure-physical-activity-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-view-from-lagos\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Artboard-7-copy-7@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">air pollution<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/the-urban-environment-and-leisure-physical-activity-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-view-from-lagos\/\">\n\t\t\t\tThe urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In this commentary, we highlight five aspects of the ordinary \u2013 known interactions between urban environments and physical activity \u2013 that are amplified by the extraordinary \u2013 an unprecedented societal response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Using Lagos, Nigeria as a case study, we illustrate the possibility of re-thinking urban development and the potential for urban (re)form to address health inequalities in African megacities in the context of post-COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tAugust 19, 2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2043 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-urban-health tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-participatory-approach-to-building-a-coalition-of-health-and-planning-sector-urban-actors-in-africa-a-douala-case-study\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-7-copy-10@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">urban planning &amp; development<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-participatory-approach-to-building-a-coalition-of-health-and-planning-sector-urban-actors-in-africa-a-douala-case-study\/\">\n\t\t\t\tA participatory approach to building a coalition of health and planning sector urban actors in Africa-a Douala case-study\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Developing a participatory approach to building a coalition of transdisciplinary actors for healthy urban planning in African cities &#8211; a case study of Douala, Cameroon<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMay 5, 2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4088 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/riche-africa-workshop-on-healthy-cities-report-intersectoral-approaches-to-non-communicable-disease-prevention-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-768x340.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture.png 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/riche-africa-workshop-on-healthy-cities-report-intersectoral-approaches-to-non-communicable-disease-prevention-in-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRICHE | Africa Workshop On Healthy Cities Report: Intersectoral Approaches To Non-Communicable Disease Prevention In Africa\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Living in cities can create an urban advantage. They can give residents better access to opportunities such as employment and education, social connections, and services such as healthcare.&nbsp; But, rather than experiencing an urban advantage, residents of African cities are more familiar with an urban<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tDecember 1, 2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all category-knowledge-exchange category-projects category-urban-health\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/riche-africa-workshop-on-healthy-cities-intersectoral-approaches-to-non-communicable-disease-prevention-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-768x340.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Capture.png 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/riche-africa-workshop-on-healthy-cities-intersectoral-approaches-to-non-communicable-disease-prevention-in-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRICHE | Africa Workshop On Healthy Cities: Intersectoral Approaches To Non-Communicable Disease Prevention In Africa\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The \u201cHealthy Cities: Intersectoral approaches to non-communicable disease prevention in Africa\u201d workshop presented the opportunity to collaboratively identify opportunities to promote health and wellbeing and prevent non-communicable diseases in African cities through investments that support active living and healthy diets.&nbsp; Workshop participants were policy, civil<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tDecember 1, 2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-882 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-health category-projects tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/integrating-health-into-human-settlements-policy-lira-study\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"The LIRA project (2018\u20132020) team, led by Tolullah Oni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/screenshot-2020-08-20-at-10-17-27-copy@3x-1.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">urban planning &amp; development<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/integrating-health-into-human-settlements-policy-lira-study\/\">\n\t\t\t\tIntegrating health into human settlements policy (LIRA study)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Using Cape Town, South Africa, and Douala, Cameroon, as case studies, this LIRA project (2018\u20132020), led by Tolullah Oni, seeks to develop a practical health and housing-integrated collaboration model that will improve urban policymaking and governance for the planning of African cities. The project brings together academic and non-academic stakeholders representing a range of expertise: public health, health geography, urban planning, and demography. The project contributes to SDG 3 and SDG 11. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 8, 2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2140 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects category-urban-health tag-urban-planning-development\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-systematised-review-of-the-health-impact-of-urban-informal-settlements-and-implications-for-upgrading-interventions-in-south-africa-a-rapidly-urbanising-middle-income-country\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Artboard-7-copy-11@2x-100.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">urban planning &amp; development<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/a-systematised-review-of-the-health-impact-of-urban-informal-settlements-and-implications-for-upgrading-interventions-in-south-africa-a-rapidly-urbanising-middle-income-country\/\">\n\t\t\t\tA Systematised Review of the Health Impact of Urban Informal Settlements and Implications for Upgrading Interventions in South Africa, a Rapidly Urbanising Middle-Income Country\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Informal settlements are becoming more entrenched within African cities as the urban population continues to grow. Characterised by poor housing conditions and inadequate services, informal settlements are associated with an increased risk of disease and ill-health. However, little is known about how informal settlement upgrading impacts health over time. A systematised literature review was conducted to explore existing evidence and knowledge gaps on the association between informal settlement characteristics and health and the impact of informal settlement upgrading on health, within South Africa, an upper-middle-income African country. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 26, 2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1c4793 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1c4793\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-431af65\" data-id=\"431af65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009fa3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_image\" data-id=\"009fa3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-scaled.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2472  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-13@3x-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ea68fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ea68fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCD Epidemiology in Adolescents Living with HIV Investigating NCDs and NCD risk factors in adolescents and youth living with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is facing a double burden of disease with an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like obesity and an existing burden of infectious diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4711"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4827,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4711\/revisions\/4827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbetter.science\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}