Expert Q&A

In 2017, the Thamini Uhai/Vital Strategies team introduced birth companions in health facilities in Tanzania's Kigoma Region to improve maternal health outcomes. Dr. Sunday Dominico, Director of Programs at Thamini Uhai, and one of the lead authors of a recently published study on the pilot, spoke with us about the impressive results.

A critical first step in preventing lead poisoning is identifying potential exposure early.

Food has often been used as a means to wield power over others, but can also be understood as a vehicle to redistribute it. To learn more, we sat down with recent Vital Brown Bag speaker, Jenny Dorsey, who is a professional chef and founder of the nonprofit organization, Studio ATAO.

The relationship between air pollution and child stunting has been largely overlooked but new research offers updated evidence on the link. We spoke to Vivian Pun, epidemiologist in Vital Strategies' Environmental Health division and author on the new paper, to learn more about what the team found.

Public health mass media campaigns can be a powerful strategy for addressing the TB epidemic.

We sat down with Christina Chang to learn about her public health journey, what excites her about the work she does at Vital Strategies—including a new initiative she is looking forward to—and what she loves about living and working in New York City.

To learn about tobacco control efforts in Vietnam, we sat down with our partner Madame Tran Thi Huong, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union.

Vital Strategies is proud to have contributed to the development of the new World Health Organization SCORE global report which assesses the health data systems in 133 countries.

On World TB Day, I.D. Rusen, Senior Vice President of Research highlights the urgent need for tuberculosis research to improve prevention and care.

Sumi Mehta, Senior Epidemiologist in our Environmental Health Division discusses the launch of the Clean Air Catalyst program.