Vital Stories

Nandita Murukutla, our Country Director, India and Director (Global), Research and Evaluation, reflects on India's need to address preventable disease as a developmental priority and looks at ways the country can invest in a healthier future.

Intern Ellen Mullan-Jayes spent two weeks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Here is a firsthand account of her experience.

Tobacco control in China has reached a watershed moment, with Beijing: it is now illegal to smoke in all indoor public places, workplaces and public transportation.

Civil society groups joined health representatives from 194 members states for the 68th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from 18-26 May

The campaign aims to increase awareness of the harms from exposure to second-hand smoke for active and passive smokers, through the story of Ike.

Sandra Mullin, Senior VP of Policy, Advocacy and Communication, was invited to speak at a civil society hearing at the United Nations on May 26, on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

The 4th World Social Marketing Conference held in Sydney brought together more than 300 social marketing experts from 32 countries.

Our team in Tanzania has developed a new e-learning tool to provide healthcare workers with access to the latest academic papers and training content.

Pakistan has a high number of smokers of both manufactured cigarettes and hand-rolled bidis - 27.9% of men and 5.4% of women - and a growing smokeless tobacco trend.

This a series of first-person anecdotes from Vital Strategies Community Health Workers (CHWs) working on the ground to improve maternal health in Tanzania.