Fast-Track Cities Institute

Supporting 500+ cities and municipalities to achieve optimal urban health and resilience.

Launched in December 2014, the Fast-Track Cities network is committed to accelerating their local HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis responses to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 by 2030. The Fast-Track Cities Institute, in collaboration with IAPAC and other partners, is delivering technical assistance across the Fast-Track Cities network. Advanced collaboratively with local stakeholders, our work includes data generation/monitoring, implementation planning, capacity-building, community engagement, stigma elimination, and quality of life assessments.

Fast-Track Cities Institute

Supporting 500+ cities and municipalities to achieve optimal urban health and resilience.

About

The Fast-Track Cities Institute

The Fast-Track Cities Institute leverages data-driven, equity-based public health policy and implementation science to mobilize and support cities and municipalities worldwide in their efforts to achieve SDG 3.3 (ending the epidemics of HIV and TB and eliminating HCV) and SDG 11 (making cities and municipalities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable).

Mission Statement

To support cities and municipalities worldwide to accelerate their responses to HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions in support of healthy, equitable, and resilient communities.

Fast-Track Cities

Integration, Inclusion, Impact

The Fast-Track Cities 2023 conference took place September 25-27, 2023, in Amsterdam, with the aim of highlighting successes, addressing cross-cutting challenges, and sharing best practices in accelerating urban HIV, TB, and HCV responses. Conference session videos and presentations are now available.

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About

The Fast-Track Cities Institute

The Fast-Track Cities Institute leverages data-driven, equity-based public health policy and implementation science to mobilize and support cities and municipalities worldwide in their efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 (ending the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis), and SDG 11 (making cities and municipalities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable).

Mission Statement

To support cities and municipalities worldwide to accelerate their responses to HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV), and other health conditions in support of healthy, stigma-free, and resilient communities.

Priorities

The Fast-Track Cities Institute’s programmatic priorities include:

Strategic Recruitment

Recruiting cities and municipalities based on political will, community engagement, clinical and social support infrastructure, and projected impact on the national burden of disease related to HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions.

Data for Impact

Generating, analyzing, monitoring, and reporting programmatic and other data related to city and
municipal responses to HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions with the aim of actioning data for impact.

Response Optimization

Supporting data-driven, equity-based planning, implementation, and monitoring by community, clinical, public health, and political stakeholders to optimize city and municipal responses to HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions.

Qualitative Research

Monitoring quality of life and quality of care indicators to identify structural and other barriers to accessing and utilizing prevention, testing, care, treatment, and support services for HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions in cities and municipalities.

Implementation Science

Coordinating an implementation science agenda for cities and municipalities to measure the effectiveness and replicability of interventions aimed at optimizing prevention, testing, care, treatment, and support services for HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions.

Best Practice-sharing

Collecting, validating, and sharing best practices across national, regional, and international networks of cities and municipalities that are accelerating urban and national responses to HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and other health conditions.