Press Mentions Health Officials Launch Ambitious Plan To Rid The World Of Trans Fats LA Times: In an effort to save half a million lives each year, the World Health Organization urged developing nations to follow the lead of affluent countries and eliminate man-made trans fatty acids from their food supplies.
CEO Perspective Op-Ed: Community Voices Key to Combatting TB My op-ed in the Deccan Herald about the campaign to end TB in India by 2025.
Press Mentions Community Voices Key To Combat TB Deccan Herald: Ending tuberculosis (TB) in India is a real possibility, but it will require a combined effort between national and state governments, and communities.
Press Mentions London Mayor To Ban Junk Food Ads On Tubes And Buses The Guardian : London Mayor Sadiq Khan targets goods high in salt, fat and sugar to address the ‘timebomb’ of child obesity.
Press Mentions FT Health: Employers’ Guide To Disability In The Workplace Financial Times: Tom Frieden, discusses his plans for saving 100 million lives by fighting cardiovascular disease in developing countries and strengthening defenses against pandemics.
Press Mentions Cities And NCDs: The Struggle Toward A Smoke-Free Kathmandu Devex: Kathmandu Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya has an ambition: To achieve an 85 percent compliance rate with smoking bans at work and in public spaces within the year, and eventually, make the city smoke free.
Vital Stories Six Latin American Cities Serve up Healthy Food Strategies Combatting the rise in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in Latin America was the focus of a food policy workshop hosted by Vital Strategies in Bogotá, Colombia, last month that featured six cities in the region working with the Partnership for Healthy Cities. The emphasis was on how the cities can support healthy food “environments” and reduce risk factors for NCD and obesity.
Press Mentions The Lifesaving Power Of Data Global Health Now: In the absence of reliable data, countries have had to make assumptions and use statistical models to estimate how many people are born and die and what they’re dying of.
Press Mentions PODCAST: Can Tom Frieden Save 100 Million Lives? UN Global Dispatch: Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, discusses his goal of saving 100 million lives by focusing on two health issues: cardiovascular disease and global defenses against pandemics.
Vital Stories Data matching is a path to saving lives from road crashes Practices like data matching play a critical role in gaining insight, with the goal to later inform policies and interventions that can reduce crashes and save lives.