Investigating the role of local governments in establishing urban health to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic

The world today is engaged in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic and is concerned about its possible consequences and the search for ways out of it. Urban areas due to high population density are more vulnerable than other areas. Local governments play a key role in combating the Covid-19 epidemic due to their comprehensive knowledge of local conditions and their ability to act in the shortest possible time, which is one of the main areas of this struggle in the field of urban health. This study, in the form of a descriptive analytical research using content analysis method, examines the measures taken in the field of urban health by local governments to deal with the epidemic and explains the importance of the role of local governments in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic. Review of local government actions in areas related to urban health to deal with the Quayd-19 epidemic in 9 areas of service, water supply, waste collection and waste management, nutrition, health, awareness, general disinfection and cleaning, homeless people And measures and restrictions implemented in different cities, show that despite some economic and political differences and restrictions in some countries, including Iran, which has limited the role of local governments, local governments in all parts of the world within the scope of law. And their assigned tasks play a key role in fighting the epidemic.