Vital Stories The Connection Between the Drug War and Criminalization of Sex Work: A Q&A With Author and Advocate Justice Rivera People who use drugs and those engaged in sex work can face similar challenges—stigma, denial of health care, the risk of experiencing violence. Criminalization of behaviors and a punitive approach to the issue is at the root of these harmful outcomes and many more.
Press Room New North Carolina Initiatives Tackle Illegal Discrimination Against People with Substance Use Disabilities in Health Care Settings and Jails Two initiatives will protect the right to healthcare and other supportive services for North Carolinians with substance use disabilities, including access to agonist medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in jails across the state.
Press Room New Kentucky Initiative Will Tackle Discrimination in Health Care Settings Against People Who Use Drugs Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program and the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC) have launched a new initiative to protect the right to health care and other supportive services for Kentuckians with substance use disorder (SUD) or who use drugs.
Press Mentions 14 Common Myths That Persist In The Nonprofit Sector Forbes: 14 Forbes Nonprofit Council members, featuring Vital Strategies President and CEO José Luis Castro, share one common misconception about nonprofit work they wish would stop being perpetuated.
Press Room New Study: Clean Air Action in Jakarta Could Protect 10,000 Lives and Save Billions in Health Expenditures This new study from Vital Strategies and the Environment Agency of DKI Jakarta has revealed the health and economic burden of air pollution in Jakarta. It has been published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Spotlight On our Podcast: Perspectives on Health Equity Now on our “VitalTalks Listen” podcast, we ask partners, public health experts and those deeply engaged in equity work to join us to share their perspective on health equity.
Vital Stories Empowering Medical Students in Indonesia To Raise the Alarm on Lead Poisoning A series of trainings for medical students on lead poisoning prevention in Indonesia—where an estimated 8 million children are affected—is empowering young doctors with the knowledge they need to help prevent lead poisoning.
Press Room Vital Strategies’ “Support Harm Reduction” Campaign Wins The Webby’s Anthem Award Vital Strategies is proud to announce that its Support Harm Reduction campaign is a recipient of the 2nd annual Anthem Silver Award in the Health category.
Press Mentions Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home Think Global Health: Sumi Mehta, Vice President of Environmental and Climate Health at Vital Strategies leads this op-ed from experts looking at the critical need for clean household energy in rapidly developing countries.
Press Mentions BBC News – Road Safety in Africa BBC Africa: Daniel Chekol, Deputy Director, Road Safety, Africa spoke BBC Africa about the economic costs of traffic crashes and what interventions save lives and boost economies.