Press Room On TVs across Indonesia, Richard’s story reveals the true cost of smoking The campaign, which is running on national TV stations, prominently features the story of Richard Maradona, a 35 year-old former smoker who gained a second chance at life after two life-saving surgeries to treat his collapsed lung.
Press Mentions Smoking: A Rundown On Lighting Up Times Live : About 80% of the world's smokers live in low and middle-income countries. Tobacco use has decreased in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Britain, where anti-smoking measures include higher taxes, bans and health warnings.
Press Mentions World No Tobacco Day: India Is Home To 12% Of The World’s Smokers, 10 Lakh Die Every Year! India Times: Every minute, smokers get through nearly 11 million cigarettes, 10 of whom end up losing their lives every minute from a habit, that an industry that generates billions of dollars off.
Press Mentions Tobacco 4th Leading Cause Of Deaths In Bangladesh New Age: Every year, more than 161,200 people of Bangladesh are killed by tobacco-caused diseases, according to The Tobacco Atlas.
Press Room Interactive billboard detects smokers, warns of the harms that cigarettes and bidis bring in Gurgaon, India The billboard will detect a smoker lighting a cigarette or bidi in front of the it and respond by launching a short video. The video shows the real-time effects of tobacco smoke on the heart and lungs of the smoker and people nearby, who are exposed to secondhand smoke.
Press Mentions 5 Trans Fat Takeaways From #WHA71 Global Health Now: WHO launched a major international push earlier this month to rid the global food supply of trans fatty acids, as they are properly known.
Press Room Shanghai Promotes E-Bike Helmet Use with New Campaign Powered two- and three-wheeled vehicles, including e-bikes, account for more than 286,000 deaths each year globally – about 23 percent of all road traffic fatalities.
Press Mentions What You Need To Know About The 71st WHA Devex: "While an urgent response to the Ebola outbreak in DRC is currently underway, there is room for improvement in detecting, responding to, and preventing outbreaks such as Ebola," said Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vital Stories Maximizing TB clinical trial results to influence policy Disseminating clinical trial results like the STREAM Stage 1 results is an ethical obligation for researchers and can greatly facilitate policy and program change. But, in practice, dissemination often fails to reach key stakeholders, and the logistics and technical challenges of disseminating complex findings can make the process challenging.
Press Mentions Stuck In Traffic? Cape Town’s Transport System Is Among World’s Best Times Live : Cape Town comes sixth of the middle-income country cities behind Beijing‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Moscow‚ Shanghai and Mexico City‚ and top of Africa.