Bangkok declaration on urbanization

Overview

We, the Health Ministers of Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region participating in the Twenty-eighth Health Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, appreciate the efforts being made by Member States and partners in the South-East Asia Region to adopt a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to ensure planned urbanization that would improve public health. We also recognize that it is imperative that national governments invest in pro-poor policies and strategies in order to reduce the urban equity gap.