With the majority of the global population now living in urban settings, ensuring the health and wellbeing of residents in our world’s urban centers is crucial. The Summit brought together mayors and officials from more than 50 major cities in the partnership to discuss urgent public health concerns and best practices that save lives and create healthier cities. Today, during the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. The first-of-its-kind Summit was convened in London by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London.

Everything you expect to hear about motherhood.Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy Mexico City, Mexico for road safety Vancouver, Canada for surveillance Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India for tobacco control. Yet, as the months passed, I felt taken care of - happy, even. We had family members and caretakers set up to visit frequently for the first six months of the twins' lives.Īfter the twins were born, I waited for the inevitable postpartum depression that everyone had warned me about. My husband and I booked a package with a postpartum doula, which was expensive, but turned out to be invaluable.

One of my friends who tends to advocate for home births said, 'Well, of course, you had an epidural, you had twins!' But I grimaced because every woman deserves a guilt-free epidural. I ended up having a vaginal - but medicated - birth for the twins. All that newborns really need is food, and what a gift it is to not have my body be the only way they can receive it. As a new parent, I had no idea of what a commitment breastfeeding would be. While I was determined to breastfeed, the expert giving me permission to supplement felt like a blessing. 'You'll probably have to supplement with formula,' she said.

It often indicates a user profile.Īt a breastfeeding class before I had my twins, a new nurse singled me out again. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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