Healthy Cities/Communities Response to COVID-19:

social solidarity in pandemic

“A Healthy City/Community is a setting that is continually creating and improving physical and social environments and expanding
those community resources which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and
developing to their maximum potential” Build on HC Principles: equality, community engagement, empowerment through health
literacy, governance through intersectoral coordination and leadership, health and well-being of everyone in communities and whole
society is at the heart of healthy cities/communities.

Protecting Community From COVID-19

Hand hygiene (clean water, Social Capitals
soap, alcohol-based Community resources, knowledge,
sanitizer))
experiences, networks

Respiratory Etiquettes
(using elbow & masks)
&
environmental hygiene
& sanitization of
surfaces
Leadership &
COVID-19 coordination
Physical distancing (at
least 1-meter away
from other)
“STAY @ Home” Provision to support and
empower community members
to protect themselves from
Social Distancing
(closing schools,
COVID-19 & maintain health
business, market
place, church,
workplace) & Avoid
mass-gathering
Maintaining Healthy Community while
combatting COVID-19

No body is safe, if everyone is not protected.

Healthy diet, be active, maintain mental health
& social well-being (avoid alcohol/tobacco)

Attention to Vulnerable population Don’t forget the poor in congested

Who will need continuous health and social services shelters, migrant workers, domestic
Pay attention to how feasible home care will work in workers, People in detention facilities, etc.
circumstances. Consider having community support How can they practice physical distancing,
and volunteers hand washing and having information

Social Solidarity for sustainable Address Misinformation,

health and “New Normal” Stigma, Inequities
❖ Build Trust and connectedness
 Maintain sustainable resources for
❖ Share facts, experiences and challenges
healthier community to continue practice “we are in it together”
community hygiene, safe public spaces, ❖ Communicate with compassion and
healthy market, respiratory etiquette, respect to diversity, right language
healthy mass-gatherings ❖ Balance public goods, human rights and
 Value Social Capitals: community humanitarians
wisdoms, knowledge, networks, and ❖ Engage with influencers and drivers of
experiences of every members of the society public opinions
 Nurture social responsibilities and ❖ Encourage acts of good will,
joint actions supporting voluntarism and transparencies, and good governance
local support systems for better health and
environment & social cohesion
 Enhance Community Health Literacy SDH-HPE
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