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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month in the United States. We join the call to raise awareness of the disease and strengthen prevention efforts and research, both in the United States and around the world.

On World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we remember the more than 1.35 million lives lost each year on the world’s roads.

Vital Strategies is providing technical assistance to three civil society organizations in Lima, Peru, supporting their advocacy efforts to remove the legal and administrative barriers that currently prevent LGBTI people from obtaining accurate identity documents or registering vital events such as marriages

The 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA73) resumed for a fully virtual second session earlier this month—picking up from where they left off in May—with a packed agenda.

La pollution atmosphérique constitue le principal risque environnemental pour la santé et touche 90 % de la population mondiale. A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’environnement, nous avons échangé avec Daniel Kass, Vice-Président Senior en charge de la santé environnementale chez Vital Strategies, sur les liens entre la COVID-19 et la pollution de l’air, ainsi que sur la voie à suivre pour une reprise économique saine et durable.

We checked in with our first cohort of Healthy Food Policy Fellows to learn more about their research, classes they are taking this semester and what advice they have for applicants who are planning to apply to the Fellowship.