About the Working Group

• Comprised of cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral thought leaders, scholars, and doers 
• Urban Health 360 serves as the secretariat for the working group
• Major focus on the Global South – Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, East Asia
  • South-North, South-South, North-South knowledge sharing and translation
  • Amplification of local, sub-national, national, and regional mechanisms and systems
  • Focus on new partnerships and refreshing existing partnerships
• Cross-cutting areas of focus:
  • Data, Data Science, Data for Policy Action, Political Economy of Health Data
  • Partnerships for Policy Strengthening, Impact, and Action
  • Transformative Education, Technology & Digital Innovation
  • Place and Synergized Epidemics
  • Climate Equity, Literacy & Resilience
  • Local, Sub-national, National & Regional Policy Action
• Outcome-driven engagement; calls to action; focused and persistent dissemination 
• Focus on calls to action for and amplification of impactful policy actions
• Launch of new Journal in Spring 2026: the International Journal for Social Progress