The city of Pécs has been a member of the WHO Healthy Cities Movement since its launch in 1988. The Healthy City Foundation of Pécs has been responsible for the Healthy Cities Project in Pécs since its foundation in 1991 and has been the centre of the Hungarian Association of Healthy Cities as well.
Our foundation works in the field of health development, our ambitions are initiating and facilitating activities related to health and environment especially in the following fields:
- Put health high on the agenda of the local government (Health Impact Assessment, Healthy Urban Planning)
- School health development programmes (Shape Up Pécs!)
- Events in the city (Health Days)
For achieving the above goals we have improved a wide partnership with governmental, local governmental organizations, NGOs, educational institutions, and international partners.
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