Vital Talks

This event focused on the legacy of slavery, the history of race-based health inequities and the implications for public health.

During the week of the United Nations General Assembly, our Vital Talks event focussed on how fiscal policies can help prevent NCDs and realign incentives in favor of prevention.

Dutch journalist and author Olivier van Beemen joins David Jernigan and Diana Silver for a conversation about the health and social impact of the alcohol industry as well as its marketing practices across the world.

Alejandro Calvillo Unna, founder and director of Mexico’s El Poder del Consumidor (The Power of the Consumer) discussed how Mexico, succeeded in passing a soda tax that has successfully reduced consumption.

Vital Strategies’ second Vital Talks event focused on one of the most pressing public health issues in the United States today: the drug overdose crisis.

Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of our Resolve to Save Lives initiative, presented the inaugural talk, which focused on government and society’s responsibility for the control of epidemics, cardiovascular disease and cancer.