Health and the city: why urban health systems need greater authority
Kabir Sheikh and colleagues argue that in a rapidly urbanising world, better alignment is needed between the responsibility of cities for health and their governance and financing
Authors
- Kabir Sheikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-2075)
- Helen Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-1828)
- Hintsa G. Gebremariam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2522-4022)
- Neha Batura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8175-8125)
- Miriam Orcutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4677-1962)
- Madhurima Nundy
- Sabina Faiz Rashid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0916-2631)
- Benjamin Tsofa
- rinivas
- Prashanth N S
- Tolib Mirzoev
Institutions
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Institute of Public Health Bengaluru (IN)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- University College London (GB)
- BRAC University (BD)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-100591
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00