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“Delhi has brought India’s air pollution crisis into focus. But for Delhi’s residents–and a billion others–to breathe clean air, national action is urgently required.”

Statement from Daniel Kass, Senior Vice President, Environmental Health, Vital Strategies, on the current air pollution crisis in Delhi.

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Nation WHO offers guidance and tools for urban leaders to tackle the leading causes of death in cities

DailyHunt: The initiatives cited in the report are similar to those implemented under the Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative, a joint WHO, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vital Strategies initiative that brings over 50 cities together to share policies and plans on tackling NCDs and injuries.

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Delhi’s toxic smog: the mix of pollutants that is killing millions every year

The Telegraph: India’s cities have long been choked by toxic air but even by the country’s own standards the smog that is currently enveloping the capital, Delhi, is particularly noxious.

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New Delhi under ‘worst smog levels in recent years’ from fumes, emissions and straw burning

TheJournal.ie: Every winter, the city of 20 million people is blanketed by a poisonous smog of car fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from stubble burning at farms in neighbouring states.

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A call to action on world cities day

US News & World Report: Noncommunicable diseases and road traffic injuries cause more than 80% of deaths globally. City leaders can help turn the tide.

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Cities Leading the Way

Increasingly, we see cities rising to societies’ biggest challenges—from climate change and road safety, to obesity and tobacco use. They are engines of change, able to move quickly to implement life-changing policies that affect great numbers of people.

Empowering Cities to Save Lives: A World Cities Day Conversation with Ariella Rojhani

In honor of this year's World Cities Day, we sat down with Ariella Rojhani, Director of the Partnership for Healthy Cities at Vital Strategies, to learn more about this global network of cities committed to saving lives through NCD and injury prevention.

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“With most of the world living in cities, bold action by urban leaders has greater potential to improve lives than ever before.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on World Cities Day.

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New Study Finds Syringe Access Programs Prevented Thousands of HIV Cases in Philadelphia and Baltimore, Saving Lives and Millions of Dollars

The study found syringe access programs averted 10,592 new cases of HIV in Philadelphia and 1,891 new cases of HIV in Baltimore over a ten-year period.

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The U.S. has stopped Ebola before. But it may never repeat that success.

The Washington Post: The deadliest outbreaks are in conflict zones, where civic institutions are collapsing.

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