URBAN HEALTH DIGEST
Sixty One percent of the world’s 8.1 billion people to dwell in cities by 2030 i) Developing world witness swift urbanization - Coming decades will see an unprecedented scale of urban growth in the developing world notably in Africa and Asia. Estimates say by 2030, 54 per cent and 55 per cent, respectively, of their inhabitants will live in urban areas. http://esa.un.org/unup/ http://www.unfpa.org/swp/ ii) India’s cities home to 335 million people - Urbanization in India is growing at a fast pace. By 2026, the urban population is likely to reach 560 million. It is estimated that urban poor population will exceed from 80.8 million in 2007 to 202 million by 2020. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ http://gujhealth.gov.in/basicstatastics/pdf/Projection_Report.pdf Policy Reforms: Government’s timely response to improve the health of Urban Poor Recognizing the ailing health conditions and growing health needs of the urban poor population, urban health is being taken up as a thrust area for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12).Read More National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) – The proposed NUHM is envisaged to meet health needs of the urban poor, particularly the slum dwellers by making available to them essential primary health care services. This will be done by investing in high-caliber health professionals, appropriate technology through PPP, and health insurance for urban poor. Read more Draft NUHM Document Program Initiatives i) Public Private Partnership (PPP) - To develop a comprehensive healthcare mechanism, utilizing the expertise of public and private sector is important. Satyam Foundation, implementing the PPP approach in partnership with Hyderabad Corporation, extends reach of healthcare services to the urban poor. The program uses the existing Urban Health Posts (UHPs) in slums of Hyderabad to run clinics for the poor with their own staff after the usual working hours of the public health facilities. These clinics operational in the evenings in 4 UHPs cater to the health needs of daily wagers, domestic helpers, petty shopkeepers without affecting their daily earnings. Read more ii) Use of Spatial Mapping and GIS Technique – To emphasize the need of efficient and inclusive planning to extend reach of healthcare services to the poor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has utilized the technique of spatial mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS). The project prepared a database of all existing health infrastructure in municipalities followed by GIS mapping. Most of the available facilities were concentrated in certain areas of cities while other areas had poor availability of facilities. This indicates need of relocation of some of the health facilities to uncovered areas. Read more	Endorsing Urban Issues to Generate Opinion A. Workshops/Conferences/Seminars i) Ranbaxy XX Round Table Conference - UHRC, in collaboration with Ranbaxy Science Foundation organized the 'Ranbaxy XX Round Table Conference on Improving Access of Healthcare to the Urban Poor in India' on April 11, 2008 at New Delhi. Representatives from various forums including Government of India, corporate sector, and NGOs shared practical experiences of partnerships with private sector, role of urban local bodies and community groups and effective application of planning tools such as GIS in improving access of healthcare to the urban poor. Read more ii) National Workshop on Health and Urban Poverty - To advocate the need for convergent response to the basic services and healthcare challenges faced by urban poor in India, All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) and Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) jointly organized a two-day National Workshop on Health and Urban Poverty on 2nd and 3rd July in New Delhi. This workshop was sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) with active participation from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). B. Reports/Papers/Articles/Newsletters i) Urban Health Bulletin Compiled by Environmental Health at USAID, the issue contains citations and abstracts of 16 recently published studies on infant morbidity, urban malaria and other urban health issues from 10 countries. http://www.ehproject.org/PDF/ehkm/urban_health-mayjun08.pdf ii) Urban Health Newsletter Compiled by Urban Health Resource Centre. The newsletter covers the latest issues in urban health along with innovative program approaches, case studies directly from the field and media briefings. Urban Health Newsletter C. Data Watch Urban health data Data depicting health of urban poor in India based on reanalysis of NFHS 3 are available for All India and the state of Uttar Pradesh. India Uttar Pradesh
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URBAN HEALTH DIGEST

Sixty One percent of the world’s 8.1 billion people to dwell in cities by 2030

i) Developing world witness swift urbanization - Coming decades will see an unprecedented scale of urban growth in the developing world notably in Africa and Asia. Estimates say by 2030, 54 per cent and 55 per cent, respectively, of their inhabitants will live in urban areas.
http://esa.un.org/unup/
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/

ii) India’s cities home to 335 million people - Urbanization in India is growing at a fast pace. By 2026, the urban population is likely to reach 560 million. It is estimated that urban poor population will exceed from 80.8 million in 2007 to 202 million by 2020.
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
http://gujhealth.gov.in/basicstatastics/pdf/Projection_Report.pdf

Policy Reforms: Government’s timely response to improve the health of Urban Poor

Recognizing the ailing health conditions and growing health needs of the urban poor population, urban health is being taken up as a thrust area for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12).Read More

National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) – The proposed NUHM is envisaged to meet health needs of the urban poor, particularly the slum dwellers by making available to them essential primary health care services. This will be done by investing in high-caliber health professionals, appropriate technology through PPP, and health insurance for urban poor. Read more
Draft NUHM Document

Program Initiatives

i) Public Private Partnership (PPP) - To develop a comprehensive healthcare mechanism, utilizing the expertise of public and private sector is important. Satyam Foundation, implementing the PPP approach in partnership with Hyderabad Corporation, extends reach of healthcare services to the urban poor. The program uses the existing Urban Health Posts (UHPs) in slums of Hyderabad to run clinics for the poor with their own staff after the usual working hours of the public health facilities. These clinics operational in the evenings in 4 UHPs cater to the health needs of daily wagers, domestic helpers, petty shopkeepers without affecting their daily earnings. Read more

ii) Use of Spatial Mapping and GIS Technique – To emphasize the need of efficient and inclusive planning to extend reach of healthcare services to the poor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has utilized the technique of spatial mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS). The project prepared a database of all existing health infrastructure in municipalities followed by GIS mapping. Most of the available facilities were concentrated in certain areas of cities while other areas had poor availability of facilities. This indicates need of relocation of some of the health facilities to uncovered areas. Read more

Endorsing Urban Issues to Generate Opinion

A. Workshops/Conferences/Seminars

i) Ranbaxy XX Round Table Conference - UHRC, in collaboration with Ranbaxy Science Foundation organized the 'Ranbaxy XX Round Table Conference on Improving Access of Healthcare to the Urban Poor in India' on April 11, 2008 at New Delhi. Representatives from various forums including Government of India, corporate sector, and NGOs shared practical experiences of partnerships with private sector, role of urban local bodies and community groups and effective application of planning tools such as GIS in improving access of healthcare to the urban poor. Read more

ii) National Workshop on Health and Urban Poverty - To advocate the need for convergent response to the basic services and healthcare challenges faced by urban poor in India, All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) and Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) jointly organized a two-day National Workshop on Health and Urban Poverty on 2nd and 3rd July in New Delhi. This workshop was sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) with active participation from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

B. Reports/Papers/Articles/Newsletters

i) Urban Health Bulletin Compiled by Environmental Health at USAID, the issue contains citations and abstracts of 16 recently published studies on infant morbidity, urban malaria and other urban health issues from 10 countries.
http://www.ehproject.org/PDF/ehkm/urban_health-mayjun08.pdf

ii) Urban Health Newsletter Compiled by Urban Health Resource Centre. The newsletter covers the latest issues in urban health along with innovative program approaches, case studies directly from the field and media briefings. Urban Health Newsletter

C. Data Watch

Urban health data
Data depicting health of urban poor in India based on reanalysis of NFHS 3 are available for All India and the state of Uttar Pradesh.
India
Uttar Pradesh

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