Spotlight

Public health is in the news more than ever, but to solve the world’s greatest health challenges we need more than sound bites: We need practical, evidence-based, long-term approaches. The Public Health Power Hour, a podcast from Vital Strategies, brings thought leaders together to examine how health can be a priority across all facets of our lives, and how evidence-based policies and thoughtful leadership can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

Nearly 5 trillion cigarettes are consumed each year, contributing to more than 8 million deaths and nearly US $2 trillion in economic damage. The Seventh Edition of the Tobacco Atlas finds slower progress in larger, poorer countries outweighing gains in many higher-income countries.

Vital Strategies recognizes that everyone, everywhere has a right to breathe clean air, eat healthy food, travel on safe roads, and be protected by public health policies that aim to prevent disease—not just treat it.

The term “women’s health” is often associated with maternal, sexual and reproductive health. But women’s health is shaped by so much more. It’s shaped by the environment we live in, the food we eat and the air we breathe. In short: women’s health is public health.

Vital Strategies launched the "Support Harm Reduction” campaign, an innovative national U.S. campaign to promote harm reduction at a pivotal moment in the overdose crisis.

Robust civil registration systems register every birth and death and assign causes of death. For individuals, these official records are crucial to unlocking social benefits such as education, health care and the right to vote. For policymakers, having comprehensive data that counts everyone provides a pathway to healthier populations and helping to ensure that no sector of society remains invisible.

The pandemic has made our expansive mission more critical than ever and has put a spotlight on the need for integrated, scaled and well-resourced public health.

Public Health is for everyone, by everyone. Our ambition is to build a future where public health is viewed as central to our daily lives. See how we are working to Reimagine Public Health.

World leaders gathered virtually and in person in New York for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Here are key takeaways from five leading public health issues we were following.

As world leaders gather for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, they are grappling with multiple emergencies, from COVID-19 to climate change. We look at five public health issues we are following closely.