Health · 27 July 2026
BLOG: 40 years of WHO Healthy Cities in Liverpool
When Liverpool joined the World Health Organization’s Healthy Cities movement in 1986, the city was facing significant social and economic challenges. Forty years later, while health inequalities remain a reality, Liverpool’s experience demonstrates that meaningful improvements in health and wellbeing are possible when cities take a long-term, place-based approach. The most important lesson from four decades of Healthy Cities
