Vital Stories

Several organizations are working to implement policies and programs in Colombia that will help make healthier choices, the easier choices for consumer to make.

A new text messaging platform in Colombia is increasing the notifications of rural births and deaths to local governments with the support of community leaders.

From art installations in Bogotá, Colombia, to citywide billboard campaigns in Mumbai, India, 8 cities called for more action on road traffic crash prevention on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

At the Union’s 49th World Conference on Lung Health, TREAT TB shared progress made, discussed best practices and lessons learned with global tuberculosis (TB) stakeholders.

In a world where more than half the population now lives in urban settings, cities are uniquely positioned to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, and to be engines of change at the national level too.

One small sub-district in Bangladesh, not far from the capital of Dhaka, has become a pioneer in documenting its people’s births and deaths.

With the recently concluded Asian Games, Indonesian cities have been at the receiving end of much media attention for their poor air quality.

Lusaka, Zambia joins two other Partnership cities to improve road safety for schoolchildren.

Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS), the registration of vital events such as births and deaths and cause of death, contribute to up to 40 percent of the SDGs and their targets.

The United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs represents an important opportunity to provide a roadmap for countries to commit to policy actions that best prevent NCDs.