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The Conference is co-hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and the Alliance for Healthy Cities in the Western Pacific Region and is co-sponsored by the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO WPRO). The theme of the Conference is ‘Smarter and Healthier Cities for a Better Future’.

The UNSW Cities Institute will host a number of forums, including the Global Health Leaders Forum (aka Mayors Forum) and the Expert Workshop on conducting urban health equity research for social impact, which will include researchers, practitioners and policymakers from Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines and Hong Kong. Our Scientia Fellow Dr Jinhee Kim will MC the Global Health Leaders Forum at the event, and four UNSW students will compete in the Global Health Forum competition.

UNSW’s Cities Institute and the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity will also sign an MOU with the Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs to facilitate collaboration in the areas of urban health, climate crisis and health equity.  

Hannah Bolitho, Practice and Policy Lead at the Cities Institute, said the Conference will bring together mayors and ministers from countries as diverse as Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Israel, Tonga, and Pakistan.

“This is a great opportunity for the Cities Institute to facilitate leadership and action on the three sub-themes of health, climate crisis and health equity while also giving UNSW students and young leaders, such as Dr Jinhee Kim, invaluable experience and networks in the Asia Pacific,” Ms Bolitho said.

The 10th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities will be held at Seoul’s DDP Art Hall on 25-27 September. The Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) is an international network of cities collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to protect, promote and enhance the health and well-being of city dwellers.