Press Mentions Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Organizations Selected to Lead “STOP,” $20 Million Global Tobacco Industry Watchdog IPP Media : STOP will be powered by a consortium of three leading anti-tobacco groups, with Vital Strategies joining with its sister organisation, the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) as a sub-grantee.
Press Mentions Michael Bloomberg Invest $20 Million on Tobacco Control TVA Nouvelles : The foundation of the former mayor of New York, Bloomberg Philanthropies, has committed nearly $ 1 billion since 2007 to fight against smoking in the world, said the latter.
Press Mentions Bloomberg targets Big Tobacco’s ‘underhanded tactics’ Yahoo News : Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday gave a trio of anti-tobacco crusaders $20 million to up their game against an industry aggressively marketing its deadly wares worldwide, especially in developing countries.
Press Room Uruguay Becomes First Country in Latin America to Implemented Plain Tobacco Packaging Uruguay has again shown its regional and global leadership in tobacco control by becoming the first county in Latin America to implement plain standardized packaging for tobacco products.
Vital Stories Safer Streets in Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Accra and Ulaanbaatar with the Partnership for Healthy Cities Through the Partnership, these four cities are implementing proven methods for preventing road injuries and deaths, whether slowing down traffic, protecting pedestrians, getting drivers to wear seat-belts, or convincing them to refrain from getting behind the wheel after drinking.
Press Mentions African Physicians: E-Learn Your Way To Better Mortality Data Global Health Now: African physicians complete the first Medical Certification for Cause of Death (MCCOD) course designed specifically for the African region.
Press Room Tobacco taxes key to stemming the world’s rising burden of lung cancer On World Lung Cancer Day, Vital Strategies calls for stronger tobacco control policies – especially through targeted increases in tobacco taxes.
Press Mentions New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed In Democratic Republic Of Congo Huffington Post: New cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just a week after the country announced the end of its ninth Ebola outbreak.
Press Room Indonesia Calls for Action on Air Pollution and Children’s Health Experts called for action to address leading sources of air pollution in Indonesia, including peatland and forest fires, motor vehicles, coal-fired electric power generation, dust, open burning, and biomass burning, at a symposium called “The Air We Breathe”
Press Room New e-Learning Course helps solve global problem with mortality data A new e-learning course for physicians on how to properly certify medical cause of death was launched today by Vital Strategies in partnership with six ministries of health in Africa. This is the first Medical Certification for Cause of Death (MCCOD) course designed specifically for the African region.