Healthy Cities: the idea
Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative.
Healthy Cities: the reality
Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of the world, and is particularly important in South America.
Belfast as a healthy city
Joan Devlin of Belfast Healthy Cities on the historical high levels of deprivation in Belfast.
Implementing WHO targets
Joan Devlin on how Belfast set out a five year plan dealing with issues such as urban planning and healthy aging.
Influences on policy
David Stewart, director of public health, EHSSB, reveals how Belfast is influenced by what is happening in the UK and in Eire.
Euroepean influences on policy
David Stewart on how public Health policy in Belfast is also significantly influenced by new European initiatives and legislation.
Health challenges in Belfast
Joan Devlin on how public health in Northern Ireland has improved in recent years but in parts of Belfast there are still significant levels of depriv...
Re-positioning public heath
Joan Devlin explains that there is now recognition in Northern Ireland than health issues have to be tackled in a broad way taking in areas such as ho...
Aids to implementing policy
David Stewart on how Northern Ireland's size is advantageous when it comes to cross-sector work and experimental projects.