Vital Stories Q&A with Tracie Gardner, Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network Vital Strategies interviewed Tracie M. Gardner, Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network, to learn more about the crucial role Black thought leaders play in overdose prevention and her plans for the organization.
Press Room Groundbreaking Investigation, Exposing Tactics of the World’s Largest International Tobacco Company, Announced as Finalist at the 2025 PRWeek Purpose Awards Vital Strategies and the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, U.K., have been recognized as finalists in the Best Collaboration category at this year’s PRWeek Purpose Awards.
Press Room New Study Shows Alcohol Industry’s Drink-Driving Ads Weaken Safety Efforts A new analysis by Vital Strategies shows that the alcohol industry’s sponsored drink-driving ads and campaigns actually weaken safety efforts.
Press Room Evidence to Drive Clean Air and Climate Action by 2030, New Report from Vital Strategies and Wellcome Trust Vital Strategies and Wellcome Trust released a joint report calling for urgent action to close the data gaps that are hindering the development of effective climate and clean air policies.
CEO Perspective Reflections from AHAIC 2025: Investing in Prevention, Sustainable Financing, and the Next Generation of Health Leaders From health financing to noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and gender equity, the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2025 highlighted key priorities for advancing health across Africa, emphasizing the need for action and accountability.
Vital Stories Working with the Lao PDR Health System to Prevent and Manage NCDs Over 60 health volunteers from Vientiane capital attended a health training led by Vital Strategies and the Lao Ministry of Health, where they learned about risk factors, symptoms and how to conduct community health screenings for NCDs.
Vital Stories 60+ Cities Meet to Transform Local Ideas into Public Health Action At the 2025 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit, more than 240 participants from 61 cities showed their commitment to preventing NCDs and injuries.
Press Room As Overdose Deaths Decline Nationally, Wide Disparities Persist For Black Adults Over the past decade, deaths have skyrocketed in Black and Indigenous populations, and now overdose rates have begun to diverge by race.
Vital Stories Nepal is the First Country in the World with 100% Health Warnings on Tobacco Packaging Pictorial health warnings are proven to be one of the most effective and low-cost measures to alert the public about the dangers of tobacco use.
Vital Stories Inhibiting Imports: The Ban on Electronic Cigarettes in Bangladesh In a significant step toward a tobacco-free Bangladesh, the interim government banned the import of electronic cigarettes.