KISUMU, Kenya, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Municipal authorities in Africa should reconfigure urban planning to boost adoption of non-motorized transport that promotes climate resilience and human health, experts said Thursday at the ninth Africities summit underway in Kenya's western city of Kisumu.
Adelheid Onyango, director of universal health care and healthier populations at the World Health Organization (WHO), stressed the need for African cities to create ample spaces for cycling and walking to reduce their carbon footprint.
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