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Shameless: @guardian exposes how #BigTobacco targets the most vulnerable in Africa's warzones for profit. ow.ly/v05f30ew2f7
We implement programs that strengthen these partners and the health systems they support working to improve the lives of billions.
This investigative story by The Guardian supported by Vital Strategies, exposes how big tobacco firms use threats and intimidation to suppress tobacco control in Africa.
Fortaleza launched its first media campaign on correct helmet wearing at a press conference at City Hall in February 2017. It ran for on TV, radio and social media, as well as movie theaters across the city. The traffic police was also carrying out enhanced enforcement in coordination with the media campaign.
Vital Strategies joins Bloomberg Philanthropies and WHO as an implementing partner in the Partnership for Healthy Cities, providing technical assistance, as needed, to participating cities as they pursue evidence-based interventions that deliver results.
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