The ninth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) will be held from 27 to 29 October 2010, in New York City. ICUH 2010 is being jointly organized by the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) and the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH).
The principal theme of the conference is ‘good governance for healthy cities’, with special interest in the positive consequences in urban health interventions, as well as the social and public health policies that are required to address these issues.
The conference will address how governments can develop and implement policy that improves the health of all urban residents and reduces urban inequities. Although governance and health are the focus, these issues will be examined in a multitude of sectors: health services, violence and security, transportation and injuries, housing and infrastructure, neighborhoods and the urban environment, reproductive and maternal child health, the social determinants of health, substance use and homeless populations, and still others.
More information about the conference and registration is available here. Note that travel and registration scholarships are available to accepted authors from developing countries.
