WHO and UN-Habitat Webinar on World Cities Day: responding to malaria in urban areas

The WHO and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) are jointly organizing a webinar titled “World Cities Day: responding to malaria in urban areas“. This webinar will launch the new “Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas” thereby commemorating World Cities Day. The framework provides guidance to city governments, health programmers, urban planners and communities as they respond to the challenges of rapid urbanization in a targeted way. 

Date: Monday October 31, 2022 

Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CET / 9:00 – 10:30 EST 

By 2050, nearly 7 out of 10 people globally will live in cities and other urban settings. Although many will benefit from their urban status, rapid and unplanned urbanization can have negative social and environmental health impacts, particularly on the poorest and most vulnerable. 

While urbanization, overall, is expected to reduce malaria transmission, unplanned urbanization will likely result in a malaria disease burden that is disproportionately high among the urban poor. Invasive mosquito species that adapt easily to urban environments, such as Anopheles stephensi, can also increase the risk of malaria in these settings.

If you’d like to attend, please register at this link.

Read more here.