Healthy City
Healthy City is a long-term urban health and development initiative that aims to improve the health and well being of people living and working in cities. It is based on a number of key principles:
- Intersectoral Collaboration - to facilitate collaboration across government departments and service organizations for better services tailored to community needs.
- Community Participation - to encourage local people and organizations to voice out their opinions and actively participate in building up a healthy community.
- Equity in Health - to advocate that every individual should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential regardless of age and sex etc.
- Health Promotion - to enhance health education that ‘prevention is better than cure’ and promote healthy living environment and lifestyles.
- Primary Health Care - to strengthen the network of community clinics to reduce the need for hospital care.
- Evidence- based Approach - to identify and meet real demands by validated measures, followed by proper evaluation procedures to ensure optimum use of limited resources.
- International Cooperation - to share knowledge and experiences with other Healthy Cities around the world.