Das Projekt "Die Gesundheit der staedtischen Bevoelkerung" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Basel, Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut durchgeführt. Project aims: To improve the efficiency, efficacy and relevance of urban health initiatives, with a close relationship between research and implementation, and a focus on scientific partnership and collaboration at both South-South and South-North levels. Short description: Since 1989, the STI has been concerned with the health and well-being of urban populations. Two major projects (in the framework of the SSPU Environment) are on the health impact of wastewater use in Sahelian cities (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Nouakchott, Mauretania) and on the management of a deprived urban setting by its inhabitants (N=Djamena, Chad). In the framework of the Dar es Salaam Urban Health Project research is continuing on various topics connected with health services and health-seeking. These projects aim to provide a scientific basis for planning and evaluating interventions, and also to identify and develop effective ways of translating research into action, involving the urban communities themselves in the definition of their priorities, and finding effective ways to support and develop activities initiated locally.