The University of Manchester and the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC) will be hosting the 11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) between 4th and the 7th of March 2014 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

The City of Manchester will offer the perfect platform for holding such a prestigious meeting with a rich history in urban health – public health pioneer, Edwin Chadwick was born in the city in 1880 - and a bright and vibrant future in terms of the innovation and opportunities for the city’s residents, businesses, employers and visitors.

The International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) is considered to be the world’s premier global health conference for information exchange amongst urban health stakeholders. It attracts multidisciplinary scientists, practitioners, development partners and various national and regional policy makers from around the world.

ICUH will be an integrated conference allowing people to experience a wide range of topics, and will host a series of work streams devoted to individual key areas of health and urbanity, from Tobacco to Policy Making and Economics to Urban Planning, there will be something of interest to everyone. The topics being covered in the work streams will be:

• GLOBAL HEALTH / UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
• HUMANITARIAN AND CONFLICT RESPONSE
• URBAN HEALTH METRICS/GHIFT
• URBAN MENTAL HEALTH
• URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
• HEALTHY CITIES
• ENVIRONMENTAL URBAN HEALTH
• TRANSDISCIPLINARITY IN URBAN HEALTH
• BLOOD BORNE VIRUSES AND DRUG USERS
• LIFESTYLE, OBESITY, DIABETES AND WELL-BEING
• PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS AND PERSONAL MEDICINE
• MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
• A PERSPECTIVE FROM FRESH MINDS
• HEALTH PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS / SCREENING AND PREVENTION INCLUDING VACCS AND IMMS
• HEALTH PROMOTION / HEALTH EQUITY, INEQUALITIES AND DISPARITIES
• CITIZENS’ ENGAGEMENT / ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN LOOKING AFTER HEALTH
• ECONOMICS / HEALTH ECONOMICS
• HEALTHY AGEING
• POLICYMAKING AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FOR ACTION ON URBAN HEALTH / GOVERNANCE
• TOBACCO CONTROL
• VOLUNTARY SECTOR

To hear Professor Ian Jacobs talk about his work at ICUH 2014 (4th – 7th March) you can register at or via our Facebook page and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! .

The 11th International Conference on Urban Health, will take place in Manchester between the 4th and 7th of March 2014. Registration is open now here to anyone with an interest in global health and urbanisation.