West African Genetic Medicine Centre, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, 29 – 30 January 2026

Co-hosted by the College of Public Health, University of Ghana, the CHORUS Research Programme Consortium, and in collaboration with the International Society for Urban Health, this event aimed to share and debate research evidence generated by the CHORUS Research Programme Consortium in cities in Ghana, Nigeria, Nepal and Bangladesh, and urban health researchers from across West Africa.

The event was structured around four challenges facing urban areas in low and middle income countries: i) responding to the plurality of public, private and informal health providers; ii) working across sectors to improve urban health; iii) responding to both communicable and non-communicable diseases and iv) engaging and working with marginalised urban communities and key urban stakeholders.

This book presents the abstracts of the 23 oral presentations delivered, and 24 posters displayed during the ‘Urban Health Systems: Research Evidence to Inform Urban Health Policy and Systems in West Africa’ held in Accra, Ghana.