On April 13-14, the 14th Scientific Committee Meeting of Urban Health and Well-being Programme (UHWB) was successfully held at China Hall of Science and Technology in Beijing. More than 20 of international experts of urban health from different organizations and universities, including Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), World Health Organization (WHO), International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) and Tsinghua University, were invited to the meeting to discuss the progress of the programme development, as well as opportunities for collaboration between the programme and organizations. An expanded discussion has focused on several topics which included the deterioration of urban health issues as the acceleration of urbanization, the complexity of urban environment including its economy, ecology and social culture, promotion of the construction of healthy cities and the healthy development of human beings.

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