WHO South-East Regional Office has partnered with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University to establish the Regional Laboratory on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being.

To empower cities in developing structures and systems to address the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health and promote health equity and wellbeing through good governance. This initiative will draw lessons learned from existing health, social, and environmental interventions that contribute to health and well-being, as well as health equity, to generate appropriate approaches and evidence for the designation of a healthy cities network in South-East Asia.