CEO Perspective Speech to 3rd Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and Prevention of NCDs The following speech was given at the opening of the 3rd Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and Prevention of NCDs.
Press Room First-ever communication campaign demonstrates dangers of trans fats and calls for its elimination from India’s food supply Heart Attack Rewind will be broadcast across India in 17 languages for a period of four weeks on major digital platforms.
Press Room World AIDS Day: Statement from José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies "HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, despite significant advancements in treating and preventing the virus, and we are falling short of the Sustainable Development Goals target to end AIDS by 2030."
Press Mentions Is Asia’s media reporting the real causes of air pollution? Eco-Business: It is a little odd that a problem that kills 4.7 million Asians a year doesn’t make many headlines. Particularly since the culprit—air pollution—is more severe in Asia than anywhere in the world.
Press Room Vital Strategies Will Help States Reduce Overdose Deaths As a partner in the new $50 million investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Vital Strategies will support governments and communities in U.S. states to reduce overdose deaths, now the leading cause of death for people under 50 in the U.S.
Press Mentions FSSAI launches campaign, calls for elimination of industrially produced trans-fat in food supply Business Standard : Globally, trans-fat intake leads to more than 500,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease every year. Trans-fat are made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid, and to increase the shelf life of foods, the statement said.
Press Mentions Bloomberg Philanthropies will donate $50 million to battle opioid epidemic Washington Post : Bloomberg’s announcement came the day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the nation’s drug epidemic escalated again in 2017, when a record 70,237 people died of overdoses. Opioid overdose deaths also set an annual high, at 47,600.
Press Mentions I’m committing $50 million to end opioid crisis: Michael Bloomberg USA Today: More than two million Americans are addicted to opioids. Many are yearning for help, as whole families and even communities are being ravaged by opioids.
Press Mentions Pennsylvania to get $10 million from Bloomberg group in fight against opioid deaths Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania, which has among the nation’s highest number of overdose deaths, is the first in up to 10 states that will receive funding totaling $50 million to fight the nation’s opioid epidemic over three years by identifying novel approaches and gaps in treatment and prevention programs.
Press Mentions Pennsylvania to pilot Bloomberg initiative to fight opioid epidemic Philadelphia Media Network: Pennsylvania will serve as the first testing ground for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's initiative to combat the opioid epidemic — with the commonwealth to receive the first $10 million of $50 million targeted to help reduce overdose deaths in 10 states.