 As we celebrate the World Health Day, we should also pay attention to the risks that our pollution imposes on people's health. According to the World Health Organization, the air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people worldwide every year. These consequences for the health include respiratory and infectious diseases such as COVID-19, heart diseases, stroke and lung cancer. It can also exacerbate other underlying health conditions. Women, children and the elderly are most vulnerable to the negative effects of pollution. In Kyrgyzstan, air pollution is a firm public health issue especially in the urban centers where many people try to move from across their country with a hope for a better life without knowing the risks they get, especially where urbanization is rapid and unregulated. Most internal and many international migrants live in the new settlements on the outskirts of the city. These settlements lack basic public services and infrastructure and most of the time do not offer access to gas and other clean heating systems. As a result, people living in these settlements are forced to use low quality coal, tires or even textiles as fuel for residential heating. The challenges linked with the air pollution can be best addressed at the local level. Hence, we need to scale up municipal planning that is informed by evidence, raise awareness and build capacities of local stakeholders and ensure an inclusive urban development plan effectively protects and promotes the rights of all residents.