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For Thought Summit On Building A Resilient, Innovative And Prosperous Future For All
“Put future generations at the heart of our institutional and systems decision-making”. That’s the top recommendation that emerged from the For Thought summit, organised by the British Science Association and partners. The summit convened diverse leaders from business, policy, science and civil society, including UrbanBetter’s
Combating Systemic Discrimination In Science
The Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 – related to the death of George Floyd – in the United States of America have shone a light on systemic racism globally. The events have brought into questions matters of discrimination in all facets of life, including
Africa Development Bank’s matrix of policy options for inclusive health in post-COVID Africa
The unexpected shocks inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy have resulted in varying global, regional, and national policy responses. Countries have adopted unprecedented policy measures based on their capacities to contain the spread of the virus and mitigate its widespread impacts. In
International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) Global High-Level Panel
The role and functionality of science advice and science diplomacy mechanisms around the world have been severely tested by the COVID-19 pandemic. “What was done right and what has gone wrong in pandemic responses to date?” In September 2020, the International Network for Government Science
How To Improve Urban Health:
a conversation with The Economist’s Babbage podcast
The COVID-19 pandemic brought out an important aspect of cities that had been neglected: Urban Health. To build back better, cities will need to improve access to healthy environments to solve and prevent public health challenges. In March 2021, UrbanBetter’s Tolullah Oni spoke to Kenneth
Health Emergency of Climate Change
The first episode of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Health Emergency of Climate Change series, recorded in March 2021, focused on positioning health and well-being at the centre of the climate change discussion. The Health Emergency of Climate Change series brought together leading healthcare experts
Health-proofing Our Future; Future-proofing Our Planet
How do we integrate health in today’s urban settings? What does re-thinking health involve? At the Commonwealth Science Conference 2021, UrbanBetter’s Dr Tolullah Oni spoke about health-proofing our future and our planet. In the talk, urbanisation and health today is highlighted giving context for why
U.S. Congressional Briefing on Science Diplomacy
What are some of the critical lessons that policymakers can draw from how public health education can mitigate distrust in science? How might science diplomacy efforts operate at different scales of government to foster global cooperation? These were some of the questions discussed at a
Sustainability for Whom?
Global sustainability cannot be realised without achieving sustainability for the most vulnerable and underrepresented communities. These are the low-income and middle-income countries, as well as those increasingly left behind in high-income countries. Yet the framing of sustainability, investment in innovation, and academic analysis has been
Sustainable Design Webinar
The second webinar in the AfriSam-SAIA’s series on Sustainable Design, which took place in August 2020, featured UrbanBetter founder Dr. Tolullah Oni in conversation with Dr. Philippa Tumubweinee, Head of School at Architecture Planning & Geomatics, University of Cape Town. The theme of the webinar,
WHO planetary health webinar
This first and very engaging webinar in a series hosted by the Global Health Governance: Building the Reset campaign, highlighted the importance of work on planetary health as the next frontier and integrated governance vision for the future. Around a hundred people participated in this dynamic online encounter, exploring the transformative potential of planetary health as a new compass for renovating health governance.
Earth day future earth talk
This year marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22, to demonstrate support for environmental protection and represents a day of action to shift human behaviour and provoke policy changes. The very first celebration took place
Architects are Health Professionals Too
As part of the 2018 Conscious cities festival held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, Professor Tolu Oni explored how architecture and urban design can better respond to human needs. In this talk, she asks us to reimagine the role of the architect to
Navigating the social determinants of health in urban settings
Can blockchain technology solve the challenges of lack of integrated data and accountability mechanisms to improve public health in urban settings? Prof. Tolu Oni explains the underlying concepts behind this approach and the challenges in applying it.
UN High-Level Political Forum
This video clip is from the full-length video (see link below) of Session 16: Science-policy interface and emerging issues, which took place on Friday, 14 July at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York. GYA Co-Chair Tolu Oni (Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
