CEO Perspective

I am pleased to share a new milestone for Vital Strategies: As the Resolve to Save Lives initiative enters its last year of its first five-year funding cycle, the initiative is ready to become its own nonprofit organization and will become fully independent by June 2022.

2020 was the year that changed everything. The pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic put public health center stage, and exposed the underinvestment and holes in preparedness that left millions vulnerable to a deadly virus.

As we mark the beginning of new leadership in the United States, we hope there’s increasing recognition that we’re all in this together. The more we work together, united in our fight against COVID-19, the safer we will all be.

Vital Strategies is deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Tabaré Ramón Vázquez, the former president of Uruguay who was a champion for the Uruguayan people and a leader in global health

In the coming weeks and months, we will join other public health leaders in calling on the new administration to prioritize public health.

In just nine months, COVID-19 has joined Tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, as a leading killer.

Amidst COVID-19, World Heart Day is critical moment for governments to commit and invest in cardiovascular health to save lives now and in the future.