Naturaleza y Biodiversidad
Air pollution is killing millions — it’s time to hold ourselves accountable for the harm it causes
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than six million people — that figure is shocking and a tragedy.
Tolu Oni
Tolu Oni is a Public Health Physician Scientist and Urban Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, where she is a Clinical Professor of Global Public Health and Sustainable Urban Development. She is Founder & CEO of UrbanBetter (https://urbanbetter.science/), an Africa-led global practice, advocacy platform and learning collaborative with a mission to accelerate building of healthy climate resilient cities worldwide. UrbanBetter delivers
implementation partnerships for scalable youth-led citizen science-driven advocacy solutions
to increase demand for healthy cities and the meaniningful engagement of youth in urban
decision making. Underpinned by transdisciplinary research of its learning collaborative, UrbanBetter’s urban health
practice provides technical/strategic advisory and facilitation services, citizen science partnerships and
participatory mapping services to organisations working in/on cities to guide and align urban
design and development discourse, policy and practice for planetary health.
She also holds Honorary Professorships in Architecture at Future Africa, University of Pretoria and in Public Health at the University of Cape Town.
Últimos Artículos
Transformación Urbana
How the right city designs can help us live longer and better
By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities, up from 55% today. The fastest urban growth is happening in Asia and Africa, which is also whe...
Geografías en profundidad
Why we need to make planetary health part of city design
The goals set out in the African Union’s Agenda 2063 aim to transform the health and wellbeing of the continent by 2063 and provide a framework for inclusive sustainable cities. These goa...
Educación y habilidades
A little chaos could be just what the SDGs need: here’s the sense behind it
Never let a good crisis go to waste. This saying has been doing the rounds somewhat in 2020.
Salud y sistemas de salud
COVID-19 is showing us the link between human and planetary health
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which was established in 1970 to highlight the need to protect our environment. Since then, our current geological era has been proposed...
Cuarta Revolución Industrial
Q&A: Do our cities make us sick?
From who can access HIV drugs to how we plan our cities, health challenges frequently overlap with policy. But all too often, we don’t have the right evidence to make informed decisions. ...