When your mayor worries about health

11.07.2011                      09.Tammus, 5771

Gesundheits-Anliegen:

When your mayor worries about health

A holistic approach to creating healthy communities, once unfashionable, has ignited the imagination of everyone involved.

During modern Israel’s early years, most people had no riches, so there was nothing to covet or steal. As time progressed, mayors used to worry about filling potholes, collecting trash, fixing traffic lights, making sure children went to school and collecting property taxes – giving hardly a thought to the health and wellbeing of the people. But in the second decade of the 21st century, the gaps between rich and poor, newcomer and veteran, healthy and sick are widening.
Fortunately, heads of municipalities and local authorities are investing more of their time than ever to improve the physical, mental and holistic health of residents – not only to win the next election but out of the realization that this will make their city a better, more livable and attractive place….