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Over 90 percent of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low-income and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world’s vehicles.

We work in cities because in addition to hosting some of the biggest air pollution challenges, they hold the most effective solutions.

Nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec les responsables politiques pour renforcer les capacités techniques nécessaires à l’analyse de ces problématiques et à l’élaboration de solutions politiques pour lutter contre les sources de pollution à long terme.

The month-long campaign, “Never Drink and Drive,” aims to reach the 8 million drivers in the city through television, radio, social media, billboards and in movie theaters.

New research estimates that 50 million premature deaths could be averted worldwide in the next 50 years if countries increased excise taxes to deliver a 50 percent increase in the prices of tobacco products, alcohol and sugary beverages.

José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies, issued the following statement to coincide with World Health Day 2019: “Access to health care should be a universal human right, yet half the world’s population lacks essential medical services."