Vital Stories After 2 Years, South Africa’s Successful Sugar Beverage Tax Still Under Attack South Africans are among the world’s top 10 consumers of sugary drinks–a trend with serious consequences for health and life expectancy. Rates of obesity and diabetes have increased and, according to the country’s national statistical service, diabetes is the country’s second biggest killer after tuberculosis.
Press Room Brazil’s National Front of Mayors Joins Vital Strategies, Brazil to Improve Public Health Systems in 400 Cities As part of the collaboration, Vital Strategies will provide technical support and evidence-based knowledge to city governments to improve policies focusing on health, urban mobility, and the environment.
Vital Stories Nine Questions with Judith Mackay: How the Tobacco Industry is Undermining Health Policy with Nine Crooked Tactics We spoke to Judith Mackay, who contributed to the report and is also a Senior Advisor at Vital Strategies and STOP, to learn more.
Press Room Federal Judge Rules that Philadelphia Supervised Injection Facility Does Not Violate Federal Law This is a groundbreaking decision in a case that has been closely watched by cities around the country who are considering supervised consumption spaces.
Press Room “Data for Health continues to play a transformational role in helping governments harness the power of data to help people lead healthier, longer lives” We applaud Bloomberg Philanthropies for continuing the critical work of its Data for Health Initiative through a $120 million reinvestment.
World Heart Day: Swift action now can avert an epidemic of heart disease for generations to come A failure of political will is resulting in too many people dying needlessly from heart attack and stroke.
Press Room “Swift action now can avert an epidemic of heart disease for generations to come and help people everywhere live heart-healthy lives.” World Heart Day Statement: A failure of political will is resulting in too many people dying needlessly from heart attack and stroke.
VitalTalks Putting Money to Work to Prevent NCDs During the week of the United Nations General Assembly, our VitalTalks event focussed on how fiscal policies can help prevent NCDs and realign incentives in favor of prevention.
Press Room Fueling an Unhealthy Future: Governments Urged to Redirect Subsidies from Health-Harming Industries The new brief released on the sidelines of the 2019 UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development challenges governments to reexamine current economic incentives to industries that harm health including fossil fuels, alcohol, and tobacco.
Vital Stories Spotlight: Advocacy at the Global Level Vital Strategies works to influence global guidelines and to define best practices for public health. Our global advocacy highlights the evidence-driven solutions that strengthen public health systems and can improve health across wide populations.