Health promotion

Urban HEART

Urban HEART is a user-friendly guide for local and national officials to identify health inequities and plan actions to reduce them. Using evidence from WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Urban HEART encourages policy-makers to develop a holistic approach in tackling health equity.


For more information about the Urban Healthy Equity and Response Tool, please visit:


Countries within the Region that have implemented Urban HEART (to be updated)

  • Mongolia
  • Philippines
  • Viet Nam
  • Fiji
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