During Mike Bloomberg's 12-year tenure as mayor of New York City, his focus on public health policies led to a notable increase in residents' life expectancy. This success sparked interest in similar initiatives globally, with experts emphasizing a shift in health discussions from medical treatment to policy-driven approaches. With urban populations expected to rise significantly, addressing health challenges related to noncommunicable diseases becomes crucial. City governments are viewed as responsive to local needs, potentially paving the way for healthier urban environments through effective policies that foster thriving communities and economies.
What [Bloomberg] understood more than anybody else is that the prescription for better health is policy, because every one of our conversations in this country around health devolves into a conversation of pills and procedures, where it needs to be a conversation about policies and partnerships.
There's a prevailing perspective that [cities are] better attuned to the needs of local populations than national government...and that city governments are closer to the empirical reality of what is happening on the ground.
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