"Decisions of the city authorities affect health of billions of citizens. In order that city life became comfortable, each inhabitant has to have opportunities to support the health, and are for this purpose necessary: public transport, safe, clean and attractive open public places, healthy food and, of course, available medical care", - emphasized, submitting the report the CEO of WHO Tedros Gebreyesus.
In the report which has to be help for mayors, local officials and experts in the field of city planning examples of successful actions are given: these are antismoking a measure in Beijing and Bogore, initiatives of traffic safety in Accra and Bangkok, creation of the streets safe for elderly citizens, in New York and many others.
It is remarkable that 15 of 19 successful initiatives given in the report are carried out in developing countries of which 90 percent of cases of death of people as a result of road accident and 85 mortality percentages from noninfectious diseases are the share. At the same time, it is necessary to consider that seven of ten largest megalopolises in the world are in the countries with low and average income, and in such states rapid growth of urban population is expected.
"Introducing the most effective measures on a global scale, we will be able to save millions of lives", - Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, the founder of charity foundation and the Ambassador of WHO on noninfectious diseases and injuries is sure. - We want to show to city politicians that, implementing effective programs, it is possible to achieve real results".
Having accepted Sustainable development goals, member states of the UN undertook by 2030 to reduce noninfectious diseases mortality by a third, and to the 2020th half to reduce quantity of injuries and death as a result of road accidents.