Whether people are or remain healthy, is influenced by both their living circumstances and environment. A city’s transportation system, spatial layout, housing conditions, and safety are all factors that interact to create complex vulnerabilities in urban environments that affect health and contribute to health inequities.
However, novel concepts in how to design and manage a city or a district are emerging that promote behaviors conducive to health and ultimately better health Outcomes.
In this conference, experts from France and Germany will explain major health threats for residents of urban environments, but also share visions and concrete prototypes for a healthier life in large cities.
The conference is moderated by Derrick Williams, Deutsche Welle Science & Healthcare correspondent.
The conference is free of charge, registration is required. The conference will be held in English from 10.00 am until 3.30 pm.
Registration starts at 9:15 h. Passport or ID-Card is needed.
The Centre Virchow-Villermé is a German-French institution with offices in Berlin and Paris. The CVV develops and promotes innovative teaching in Global Public Health and sees itself as a mediator between research and politics in the field of global public health. In Berlin, it is part of the Institute of Public Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin was initiated by the Franco-German Council of Ministers and founded on 15 April 2013 by the University of Sorbonne Paris Cité and the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin as part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty.
Venue:
Französische Botschaft / Ambassade de France
Wilhelmstrasse 69
10117 Berlin
