Publications The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data This report conveys findings from a search of country and development agency websites and partner and media reports describing disruptions to the civil registration of births and deaths associated with COVID-19 restrictions. It discusses the implications for decision-makers facing an acute need for timely and reliable data, particularly on mortality.
Press Room COVID-19 Could Have Been Contained – New Report Shows How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks Before They Became Epidemics Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: First-of-Its-Kind Interactive Report from Resolve to Save Lives Highlights Global Epidemic Response Successes.
Expert Q&A Vital Stories Tackling Tuberculosis With Tried and Tested Mass Media Campaigns Public health mass media campaigns can be a powerful strategy for addressing the TB epidemic.
Publications Ambient and household air pollution on early-life determinants of stunting—a systematic review and meta-analysis Stunting is an important risk factor for early growth and health implications throughout the life course, yet until recently, studies have rarely focused on populations exposed to high levels of particulate matter pollution or on developing countries most vulnerable to stunting and its associated health and developmental impacts.
Publications Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder This article describes the federal legal landscape that governs the ability of emergency medical services professionals to administer buprenorphine treatment, and discusses state and local regulatory considerations relevant to this promising and emerging practice that can reduce opioid overdose fatalities.
Publications Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach Health system data incompletely capture the social risk factors for drug overdose. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of a machine-learning algorithm to predict opioid overdose risk by integrating human services and criminal justice data with health claims data to capture the social determinants of overdose risk in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Vital People Carisse Hamlet, Program Officer, Environmental Health Division Carisse Hamlet was in her senior year of college at the University of Delaware majoring in biomedical engineering when she had to break some challenging news to her father.
Vital People Fatima Marinho, Senior Technical Advisor, Brazil Fatima works across programs, including the Global Grants program and Data for Health as Senior Technical Advisor, estimating COVID-19 deaths, analyzing COVID-19’s impact and racial disparities in Brazil....
Publications Financer l’avenir : comment la crise climatique rejaillit-elle sur vos financements ? Ce guide est essentiel pour inciter le monde de la philanthropie à s’engager sur les enjeux climatiques et mesurer l’impact de son action. Le guide se repose sur l’expériences de différentes fondations et propose 10 bonnes pratiques pour le financement de l’action pour le climat.
Santé et la pollution de l’air : ressources Pour une humanité en bonne santé, pour survivre et prospérer, nous avons besoin d’une planète en bonne santé. Sans une action urgente, la crise climatique menace…