The global Fast-Track Cities network is the world’s largest urban health initiative, uniting more than 600 cities and municipalities across every region to achieve Sustainable Development (SDG) target 3.3 and accelerate progress towards achieving other health-related SDGs through an integrated, whole-health approach. Founded on the principle that cities are where health equity can advance fastest, the network brings together Mayors, health departments, clinicians, community-based organizations, researchers, and affected communities that improve population health and wellbeing. By aligning political commitment, data-driven accountability, and community leadership, Fast-Track Cities commit to promote urban environments where every resident can access the health services they need to live healthy lives.
Anchored in a multistakeholder, whole-of-city approach, the Fast-Track Cities initiative also creates a platform for collaboration, innovation, and shared learning that strengthens local health systems and addresses persistent inequities. Cities participate in continuous improvement cycles – identifying gaps, scaling best practices, and leveraging local assets and partnerships to optimize outcomes across health vulnerabilities. Through peer-to-peer exchange, technical support, and the power of collective action, Fast-Track Cities are transforming political will into measurable health impact, ensuring that multistakeholder urban health leadership becomes a driving force for global progress.
As one of four core signatories of the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities, IAPAC supports the Fast-Track Cities network with: technical assistance to local health departments on data generation, monitoring, and reporting; implementation planning among key local stakeholders; capacity-building support for clinical and service providers, community-based organizations, and affected communities; stigma elimination assessments and toolkits for healthcare settings; and quality of life and quality of care assessments among communities of people living with and affected by HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis.
Fast-Track Cities
(as of December 2, 2025)
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AFRICA
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Accra (Ghana) Algiers (Algeria) Atakpamé (Togo) Bamako (Mali) Bamenda (Cameroon) Bangui (CAR) Blantyre (Malawi) Brazzaville (Congo) Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) Casablanca (Morocco) Cotonou (Benin) Dakar (Senegal) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Djibouti (Djibouti) Douala (Cameroon) Durban/eThekwini (South Africa) Eldoret (Kenya) Entebbe (Uganda) Freetown (Sierra Leone) Gaborone (Botswana) Harare (Zimbabwe) Johannesburg (South Africa)
Kampala (Uganda) Kigali (Rwanda) |
Kinshasa (DRC)
Kisumu (Kenya)
Lagos (Nigeria) Libreville (Gabon) Lilongwe (Malawi) Lomé (Togo) Luanda (Angola) Lubumbashi (DRC) Lusaka (Zambia) Makeni (Sierra Leone) Manzini (Eswatini) Maputo (Mozambique) Marrakech (Morocco) Maseru (Lesotho) Matola (Mozambique) Mbabane (Eswatini) Mbuji-Mayi (DRC) Mombasa (Kenya) Nairobi County (Kenya) Nakuru (Kenya) Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Ouésso (Rep. of Congo) Pretoria (South Africa) Rabat (Morocco) Windhoek (Namibia) Xai-Xai District (Mozambique) Yaoundé (Cameroon) |
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LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN
Aracaju (Brazil)
Asunción (Paraguay) Belém (Brazil) Bogotá (Colombia) Brasília (Brazil) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Campinas (Brazil) Curitiba (Brazil) Florianópolis (Brazil) Fortaleza (Brazil) Guayaquil (Ecuador) Havana (Cuba) Kingston (Jamaica) Lima (Peru) |
Manaus (Brazil) Mexico City (Mexico) Montevideo (Uruguay) Panama City (Panama) Port-au-Prince (Haiti) Porto Alegre (Brazil) Quito (Ecuador) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) San Miguelito (Panama) Santa Fe (Honduras) Santiago (Chile) São Paulo (Brazil) |
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EUROPE
Aachen (Germany)
Aberdeen (UK) Alcorcón (Spain) Almada (Portugal) Almaty (Kazakhstan) Amadora (Portugal) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Ancona (Italy) Athens (Greece) Bar (Montenegro) Bari (Italy) Barcelona (Spain) Belfast (Northern Ireland) Bergamo (Italy) Berlin (Germany) Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bijelo Pojle (Montenegro) Bilbao (Spain) Birmingham (UK) Bochum (Germany) Bordeaux (France) Brescia (Italy) Brighton and Hove (UK) Bristol (UK) Brussels (Belgium) Bucharest (Romania) Cardiff and Vale (UK) Cascais (Portugal) Chisinau (Moldova) Copenhagen (Denmark) Cork (Ireland) Derry City (Northern Ireland) Dnipro (Ukraine) Dublin (Ireland) Dundee (UK) Edinburgh (UK) Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation) El Hierro (Spain) Florence (Italy) Formentera Frankfurt (Germany)
Galway (Ireland) Geneva (Switzerland) Genoa (Italy) Glasgow (UK) Köln (Germany) Kragugevac (Serbia) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine) Kyiv (Ukraine) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) Latina (Italy) Lille (France) Limerick (Ireland) Lisbon (Portugal) Liverpool (UK) London (UK) Loures (Portugal) Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Lyon (France)
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Madeira Region (Portugal) Maastricht (Netherlands) Madrid (Spain) Mahón (Spain) Manchester (UK) Mariupol (Ukraine) Marseille (France) Milan (Italy) Minsk (Belarus) Modena (Italy) Monaco (Monaco) Montpellier (France) Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Munich (Germany) Murcia (Spain) Nantes (France) Nice (France) Odessa (Ukraine) Odivelas (Portugal) Oeiras (Portugal) Osh (Kyrgyzstan) Palermo (Italy) Palma (Spain) Paris (France) Podgorica (Montenegro) Portimão (Portugal) Porto (Portugal) Prague (Czech Republic) Rome (Italy) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Saint-Denis de la Réunion (France) Samarkand (Uzbekistan) San Sebastián-Donostia (Spain) San Remo (Italy) Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Seine-Saint-Denis (France) Seixal (Portugal) Seville (Spain) Sintra (Portugal) Skopje (Macedonia) Sombor (Serbia) Strasbourg (France) Stockholm (Sweden) Svetlogorsk (Russian Federation) Tbilisi (Georgia) Torremolinos (Spain) Turin (Italy) Utrecht (Netherlands) Valencia (Spain) Vienna (Austria) Vigo (Spain) Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) Warsaw (Poland) Zaragoza (Spain) |
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MIDDLE EAST
Beirut (Lebanon) |
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ASIA / ASIA-PACIFIC
Adelaide (Australia)
Almaty (Kazakhstan) Bangkok (Thailand) Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Brisbane (Australia) Delhi (India) Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Jakarta (Indonesia) |
Karachi (Pakistan) Manila (Philippines) Melbourne (Australia) Mumbai (India) Perth (Australia) Quezon City (Philippines) Sydney (Australia) Taipei |
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NORTH AMERICA
Asbury Park, NJ (USA) |
Minneapolis, MN (USA) Montréal, QC (Canada) Nashville, TN (USA) New Orleans, LA (USA) New York City, NY (USA) Oakland-Alameda County, CA (USA) Phoenix, AZ (USA) Pittsburgh, PA (USA) Providence, RI (USA) San Antonio-Bexar County, TX (USA) San Francisco, CA (USA) San Juan (Puerto Rico) Springfield, MA (USA) St. Louis, MO (USA) Tampa, FL (USA) Toronto, ON (Canada) Washington, DC (USA) |
IAPAC and the Fast-Track Cities Institute launched three awards in 2021 to recognize individuals, community-based organizations, and cities and municipalities that have demonstrated the value of or supported urban public health leadership against HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis. Following are award recipients recognized at the Fast-Track Cities 2021, 2022, and 2023 conferences. The next set of honorees will be recognized at the biennial Fast-Track Cities 2026 conference taking place October 11-13, 2026, in Berlin.
2021
Circle of Excellence Awards
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Thailand)
City of London (United Kingdom)
Nairobi City County (Kenya)
City of San Francisco (United States)
Municipality of São Paulo (Brazil)
Community Leadership Award
Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, GAT (Portugal)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Amb. Dr. Deborah L. Birx (United States)
2022
Circle of Excellence Awards
City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
City of Johannesburg (South Africa)
City of Kingston (Jamaica)
New York City (United States)
Lagos State (Nigeria)
Quezon City (Philippines)
Community Leadership Award
100% Life (Ukraine)
2023
Circle of Excellence Awards
City of Berlin (Germany)
City of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Municipality of eThekwini (South Africa)
City of Phoenix (United States)
City of Maputo (Mozambique)
City of Melbourne (Australia)
Community Leadership Award
Prevention Access Campaign
Click here to access an FAQ document outlining the commitments made by Fast-Track Cities and the benefits they derive from joining the Fast-Track Cities network.
IAPAC Fast-Track Cities Sponsors
(as of October 2025)
