Now we are looking at what their initiative would be,” Adam M Karpati, a senior vice president of Vital Strategies, which is implementing the initiative, told bdnews24.com at Guadalajara which launched the initiative on Monday. Under the ‘Partnership for Healthy Cities’, each city will receive $100,000 in support to implement one of ten proven interventions to prevent NCDs and injuries. “The city determines its priority,” Karpati said, adding that the discussion was still ongoing on what would be the focus of the Dhaka North City Corporation which will get the Bloomberg’s support for a year. NCDs which also include injuries are responsible for 44 million deaths per year, or 80 percent of all deaths worldwide. Effective policies at the city level will also help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, including improving health and creating safer, more sustainable cities.

Source: bd News24 October 10, 2017 03:45 UTC