World Health Day - 7 April 2010

1000 Cities, 1000 Lives

Thank you to over 1500 cities who participated in the 1000 cities 1000 lives campaign!

With the campaign 1000 cities, 1000 lives, events were organized worldwide during the week of 7–11 April 2010.

The global goals of the campaign were:

• 1000 cities: to open up public spaces to health, whether it be activities in parks, town hall meetings, clean-up campaigns, or closing off portions of streets to motorized vehicles.
• 1000 lives: to collect 1000 stories of urban health champions who have taken action and had a significant impact on health in their cities.

News

• Urban planning essential for public health
  News release
• Urban health threatened by inequities
  WHO Director-General's remarks at press briefing, World Health Day 2010

Documents

• Why urban health matters
  pdf, 6.39Mb
• Frequently asked questions
  pdf, 231kb
• World Health Day as a platform for action
  pdf, 324kb
• Full contact list
  pdf, 222kb
• Toolkit for event organizers

Background

• 1000 cities: open streets to people
• 1000 lives: share the story of local health champions
• About this year's theme

Multimedia

• Video
  How to prepare for open streets, promotional and public service announcement videos

• Posters
  Pdf format

• Photographs
  High resolution photographs for promotional use.

• World Health Day 2010 logotypes
• Photostory: Why urban health matters
• Podcast: How urban policies can make city living healthier and safer