Urban Health and Wellbeing programme publishes first newsletter

The ICSU-UNU-IAMP Urban Health and Wellbeing programme has published its first newsletter, covering developments since the opening of the International Programme Office (IPO) in December 2014.

You can download the newsletter in PDF format below. It features messages from the programme’s sponsors, profiles of IPO staff, and an update on activities such as previous and upcoming events organized by the IPO.

UHWP-Newsletter-Aug-2015.pdf Urban Health and Wellbeing Newsletter August 2015

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