CHORUS Urban Health
@chorusurban.bsky.social
Working towards ensuring urban health systems are community-led, effective and responsive, particularly to the needs of the poorest. UK Aid funded.
Dr William Bosu highlights the importance of joint mechanisms and planning to support coordination, collaboration and monitoring to address non-communicable diseases in urban contexts, rather than working in silos. #WorldDiabetesDay
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Dr William Bosu highlights the importance of joint mechanisms and planning to support coordination, collaboration and monitoring to address non-communicable diseases in urban contexts, rather than working in silos. #WorldDiabetesDay
Prof. Dr Syed Zakir Hossain reflects on the challenges facing urban poor communities (such as housing, medication adherence and more) and how these challenges relate to the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. #WorldDiabetesDay
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Prof. Dr Syed Zakir Hossain reflects on the challenges facing urban poor communities (such as housing, medication adherence and more) and how these challenges relate to the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. #WorldDiabetesDay
Speaking about addressing the drivers of non-communicable diseases, Professor Malay Kanti Mridha emphasises the importance of multisectoral action and health system coordination to tackle the rising prevalence of NCDs in urban contexts
#WorldDiabetesDay
#WorldDiabetesDay
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Speaking about addressing the drivers of non-communicable diseases, Professor Malay Kanti Mridha emphasises the importance of multisectoral action and health system coordination to tackle the rising prevalence of NCDs in urban contexts
#WorldDiabetesDay
#WorldDiabetesDay
During our #WorldDiabetesDay webinar, Prof. Rumana Huque shares how rapid urbanisation is impacting non-communicable disease care in urban settings.
She emphasises the importance of data linkages and working with communities to develop sustainable and effective interventions.
She emphasises the importance of data linkages and working with communities to develop sustainable and effective interventions.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
During our #WorldDiabetesDay webinar, Prof. Rumana Huque shares how rapid urbanisation is impacting non-communicable disease care in urban settings.
She emphasises the importance of data linkages and working with communities to develop sustainable and effective interventions.
She emphasises the importance of data linkages and working with communities to develop sustainable and effective interventions.
Still time to register!
The 2nd in our online series 'From Evidence to Impact' is happening tomorrow, to mark #WorldDiabetesDay
#NCDs #UrbanHealth
Time: 10.00 GMT
Date: Thursday 13th November
Register here to attend via Teams: shorturl.at/baCrx
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The 2nd in our online series 'From Evidence to Impact' is happening tomorrow, to mark #WorldDiabetesDay
#NCDs #UrbanHealth
Time: 10.00 GMT
Date: Thursday 13th November
Register here to attend via Teams: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Still time to register!
The 2nd in our online series 'From Evidence to Impact' is happening tomorrow, to mark #WorldDiabetesDay
#NCDs #UrbanHealth
Time: 10.00 GMT
Date: Thursday 13th November
Register here to attend via Teams: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
The 2nd in our online series 'From Evidence to Impact' is happening tomorrow, to mark #WorldDiabetesDay
#NCDs #UrbanHealth
Time: 10.00 GMT
Date: Thursday 13th November
Register here to attend via Teams: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
This Thursday!
Marking #WorldDiabetesDay we are hosting a panel event with policymakers and experts on strengthening #urbanhealth systems to respond to the increasing prevalence of #NCDs
Register here: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
Marking #WorldDiabetesDay we are hosting a panel event with policymakers and experts on strengthening #urbanhealth systems to respond to the increasing prevalence of #NCDs
Register here: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This Thursday!
Marking #WorldDiabetesDay we are hosting a panel event with policymakers and experts on strengthening #urbanhealth systems to respond to the increasing prevalence of #NCDs
Register here: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
Marking #WorldDiabetesDay we are hosting a panel event with policymakers and experts on strengthening #urbanhealth systems to respond to the increasing prevalence of #NCDs
Register here: shorturl.at/baCrx
@policyleeds.bsky.social @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social
Ikedichukwu Ayogu reflected on the impact of the urban health desk in Nigeria and how this can be used to strengthen the health system in urban areas in the country #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Ikedichukwu Ayogu reflected on the impact of the urban health desk in Nigeria and how this can be used to strengthen the health system in urban areas in the country #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Dr Andrews Ayim, shares how Ghana is using regulatory networks, facility networks and service networks to facilitate linkages between providers in urban areas in the country. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Dr Andrews Ayim, shares how Ghana is using regulatory networks, facility networks and service networks to facilitate linkages between providers in urban areas in the country. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Subas Bastola provides an overview of the challenges in Nepal, while adding that 'private pharmacies are crucial for urban residents, however, we need to establish linkages through regulation, training, and data integration'
#UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
#UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Subas Bastola provides an overview of the challenges in Nepal, while adding that 'private pharmacies are crucial for urban residents, however, we need to establish linkages through regulation, training, and data integration'
#UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
#UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Reflecting on the experiences of Bangladesh, Dr Khaleda Islam shares that 'informal providers can really support the urban health system as first responders, with sufficient training and supervision' #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reflecting on the experiences of Bangladesh, Dr Khaleda Islam shares that 'informal providers can really support the urban health system as first responders, with sufficient training and supervision' #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Prof. @h-elsey01.bsky.social, University of York, is chairing a panel discussion on how to address the plurality of providers working in urban contexts in low- and middle-income countries. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Read more: gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
Read more: gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Prof. @h-elsey01.bsky.social, University of York, is chairing a panel discussion on how to address the plurality of providers working in urban contexts in low- and middle-income countries. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Read more: gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
Read more: gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
Happening now at our webinar: Prof. Chinyere Mbachu is sharing evidence from low- and middle-income countries on how urban health systems can be strengthened to address the needs of the urban poor by creating more linkages between providers. Learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org/how-we-work/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Happening now at our webinar: Prof. Chinyere Mbachu is sharing evidence from low- and middle-income countries on how urban health systems can be strengthened to address the needs of the urban poor by creating more linkages between providers. Learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org/how-we-work/...
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To mark #UrbanOctober & #WorldCitiesDay, join us for a virtual panel event with policymakers on strengthening #urbanhealth systems through provider partnerships and collaborations - & how we can move from fragmentation to harmonisation.
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
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Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chibuike Agu at the Health Policy Research Group, leads a CHORUS Innovation Fund project exploring the quality and patterns of antimicrobial dispensing and consumption in urban slums in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Read an interview on his inspiration and learnings
chorusurbanhealth.org/innovation-f...
Read an interview on his inspiration and learnings
chorusurbanhealth.org/innovation-f...
Innovation Fund Holder Interview in 10 Series: Chibuike Agu - Chorus
Chibuike Agu, at the Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria, leads a CHORUS Innovation...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Chibuike Agu at the Health Policy Research Group, leads a CHORUS Innovation Fund project exploring the quality and patterns of antimicrobial dispensing and consumption in urban slums in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Read an interview on his inspiration and learnings
chorusurbanhealth.org/innovation-f...
Read an interview on his inspiration and learnings
chorusurbanhealth.org/innovation-f...
To mark #UrbanOctober & #WorldCitiesDay, join us for a virtual panel event with policymakers on strengthening #urbanhealth systems through provider partnerships and collaborations - & how we can move from fragmentation to harmonisation.
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To mark #UrbanOctober & #WorldCitiesDay, join us for a virtual panel event with policymakers on strengthening #urbanhealth systems through provider partnerships and collaborations - & how we can move from fragmentation to harmonisation.
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
#WorldCitiesDay
Urbanisation brings new challenges: rising health risks, inequality, and shrinking spaces for wellbeing.
Through CHORUS, ARK Foundation worked with women & girls to co-create inclusive urban solutions.
#UrbanHealth
@h-elsey01.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ExY9WNAG4U
Urbanisation brings new challenges: rising health risks, inequality, and shrinking spaces for wellbeing.
Through CHORUS, ARK Foundation worked with women & girls to co-create inclusive urban solutions.
#UrbanHealth
@h-elsey01.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ExY9WNAG4U
A CHORUS Innovation Fund Project promoting physical activity for girls and women in urban Bangladesh
YouTube video by CHORUS Urban Health
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October 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#WorldCitiesDay
Urbanisation brings new challenges: rising health risks, inequality, and shrinking spaces for wellbeing.
Through CHORUS, ARK Foundation worked with women & girls to co-create inclusive urban solutions.
#UrbanHealth
@h-elsey01.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ExY9WNAG4U
Urbanisation brings new challenges: rising health risks, inequality, and shrinking spaces for wellbeing.
Through CHORUS, ARK Foundation worked with women & girls to co-create inclusive urban solutions.
#UrbanHealth
@h-elsey01.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ExY9WNAG4U
Today marks the start of #UrbanOctober!
This month, we will highlight priority health issues facing urban health systems and the strategies and practices needed to ensure the needs of the urban poor are prioritised.
Join us and learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org
This month, we will highlight priority health issues facing urban health systems and the strategies and practices needed to ensure the needs of the urban poor are prioritised.
Join us and learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today marks the start of #UrbanOctober!
This month, we will highlight priority health issues facing urban health systems and the strategies and practices needed to ensure the needs of the urban poor are prioritised.
Join us and learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org
This month, we will highlight priority health issues facing urban health systems and the strategies and practices needed to ensure the needs of the urban poor are prioritised.
Join us and learn more: chorusurbanhealth.org
As world leaders gather today at #HLM4 to accelerate progress on #NCDs, we stress the need for #urban specific approaches that respond to the diversity of urban populations and health providers, to #ActonNCDs for poorest urban populations
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/hVupy
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/hVupy
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
As world leaders gather today at #HLM4 to accelerate progress on #NCDs, we stress the need for #urban specific approaches that respond to the diversity of urban populations and health providers, to #ActonNCDs for poorest urban populations
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/hVupy
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/hVupy
New CHORUS Paper!
HPRG @Univeristy of Nigeria explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers
shorturl.at/5dDco
HPRG @Univeristy of Nigeria explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers
shorturl.at/5dDco
Community leaders' perspectives on linking formal and informal health providers in Nigerian urban slums: a qualitative study
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May 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New CHORUS Paper!
HPRG @Univeristy of Nigeria explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers
shorturl.at/5dDco
HPRG @Univeristy of Nigeria explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers
shorturl.at/5dDco
Shreeman Sharma shares insights from his CHORUS Innovation Fund project on how media reporting influences health policy making at the National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal - watch his presentation here
@herdintl.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social @h-elsey01.bsky.social
@herdintl.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social @h-elsey01.bsky.social
How does the media affect our health sector? Learn more from Shreeman Sharma's insightful talk on the Influence of News Media on Health Policy-making in Nepal: Insights from Journalists and Policy-makers
@chorusurban.bsky.social
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@chorusurban.bsky.social
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Influence of News Media on Health Policy making in Nepal
YouTube video by HERD International
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May 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Shreeman Sharma shares insights from his CHORUS Innovation Fund project on how media reporting influences health policy making at the National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal - watch his presentation here
@herdintl.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social @h-elsey01.bsky.social
@herdintl.bsky.social @b-ebenso.bsky.social @h-elsey01.bsky.social
For #WorldHealthDay, the @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social, featured our work in developing resilient urban health systems.
Read here about how we are addressing the challenge of rapid urbanisation:
medium.com/globalfoodle...
Read here about how we are addressing the challenge of rapid urbanisation:
medium.com/globalfoodle...
April 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For #WorldHealthDay, the @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social, featured our work in developing resilient urban health systems.
Read here about how we are addressing the challenge of rapid urbanisation:
medium.com/globalfoodle...
Read here about how we are addressing the challenge of rapid urbanisation:
medium.com/globalfoodle...
Reposted by CHORUS Urban Health
Dr Bassey Ebenso is Associate Professor of International Health.
He leads the CHORUS consortium. A pillar of this explores food environments of the urban poor in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal & Nigeria & the associated prevalence of non-communicable (NCDs)
👉 chorusurbanhealth.org/blogs-news-a...
5/7
He leads the CHORUS consortium. A pillar of this explores food environments of the urban poor in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal & Nigeria & the associated prevalence of non-communicable (NCDs)
👉 chorusurbanhealth.org/blogs-news-a...
5/7
April 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Dr Bassey Ebenso is Associate Professor of International Health.
He leads the CHORUS consortium. A pillar of this explores food environments of the urban poor in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal & Nigeria & the associated prevalence of non-communicable (NCDs)
👉 chorusurbanhealth.org/blogs-news-a...
5/7
He leads the CHORUS consortium. A pillar of this explores food environments of the urban poor in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal & Nigeria & the associated prevalence of non-communicable (NCDs)
👉 chorusurbanhealth.org/blogs-news-a...
5/7
#WorldHealthDay #HopefulFutures
New paper on delayed referrals from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formal healthcare centres. Stronger partnerships with TBAs could reduce referral delays, which contribute to maternal and child mortality in 🇳🇬
shorturl.at/oXRBf
New paper on delayed referrals from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formal healthcare centres. Stronger partnerships with TBAs could reduce referral delays, which contribute to maternal and child mortality in 🇳🇬
shorturl.at/oXRBf
Solving delayed referrals of childbirth cases from unskilled to skilled birth attendants in Nigerian urban communities: A case study exploration of new frontiers
Delayed referrals of women from untrained traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formally trained health personnel in primary healthcare centers and h…
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April 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#WorldHealthDay #HopefulFutures
New paper on delayed referrals from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formal healthcare centres. Stronger partnerships with TBAs could reduce referral delays, which contribute to maternal and child mortality in 🇳🇬
shorturl.at/oXRBf
New paper on delayed referrals from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formal healthcare centres. Stronger partnerships with TBAs could reduce referral delays, which contribute to maternal and child mortality in 🇳🇬
shorturl.at/oXRBf
Read insights from our policy dialogue event held in Bangladesh in January. The report identifies the prospects and challenges facing the strengthening of urban health systems, including the need for more coordination and information sharing:
chorusurbanhealth.org/chorus-polic...
chorusurbanhealth.org/chorus-polic...
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Read insights from our policy dialogue event held in Bangladesh in January. The report identifies the prospects and challenges facing the strengthening of urban health systems, including the need for more coordination and information sharing:
chorusurbanhealth.org/chorus-polic...
chorusurbanhealth.org/chorus-polic...
New Paper!
CHORUS partners HPRG examine the inequities in out-of-pocket expenditure to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria, and that poorest households may be at risk of poor health outcomes due to reliance on informal healthcare providers
shorturl.at/UEtaC
CHORUS partners HPRG examine the inequities in out-of-pocket expenditure to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria, and that poorest households may be at risk of poor health outcomes due to reliance on informal healthcare providers
shorturl.at/UEtaC
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
New Paper!
CHORUS partners HPRG examine the inequities in out-of-pocket expenditure to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria, and that poorest households may be at risk of poor health outcomes due to reliance on informal healthcare providers
shorturl.at/UEtaC
CHORUS partners HPRG examine the inequities in out-of-pocket expenditure to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria, and that poorest households may be at risk of poor health outcomes due to reliance on informal healthcare providers
shorturl.at/UEtaC