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“As many as nine in 10 cases of diabetes may be preventable, but governments are failing to implement strong policies that could reduce risk factors like overweight and obesity.”

World Diabetes Day statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on global increases in diabetes, as detailed in the International Diabetes Federation’s new Diabetes Atlas.

Diabetes: Stronger Policies Needed

No single policy can reduce diabetes, but a comprehensive set of strong, integrated health policies that make the healthy choice the easy choice could make a difference.

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Resolve to Save Lives Announces US $2.3 Million in Grants to Promote Heart Health in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, announced the recipients of the highly competitive LINKS grants, with awards totaling more than US $2.3 million.

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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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