Press Mentions Nudging People Towards A Healthier Life Live Mint: People are often victims of their environment and bounded rationality, and government policy can help make the necessary corrections.
Press Mentions India Can’t Eliminate Tuberculosis By 2025 Without Curbing Smoking Quartz: More people die of tuberculosis (TB) in India than anywhere else in the world. In 2016 alone, an estimated 423,000 Indians lost their lives to the infectious disease, accounting for nearly a third of global TB-related deaths.
Press Room Vital Strategies calls on governments to implement strong tobacco control and adopt integrated healthcare strategies to strengthen TB response Governments are missing critical opportunities to reduce tuberculosis (TB) and related morbidity and mortality.
Press Mentions How Fast Can An Outbreak Be Detected? NPR: Preventing an epidemic is a tough mission in any country, especially a nation lacking in resources.
Press Room India Launches Campaign to Warn Against Dangers of Second-hand Smoke “Clinical”, a 30-second Public Service Announcement (PSA), reveals how exposure to SHS causes stroke and heart disease among non-smokers and encourages smokers to protect others by quitting smoking.
City Health Vital Stories Improved but Unchecked: The Growing Need for Water Quality Surveillance Access to safe drinking water remains one of the most basic yet essential health needs around the globe. In our CityHealth Perspective blog series, we look at how clean water saves lives.
Press Mentions Despite Government Efforts, 625,000 Indian Children Still Use Tobacco Daily Business Insider : The WHO’s Global Adult Tobacco Survey estimated that the total number of smokers in India fell by 8.1 million between 2009 and 2017. Yet, 625,000 children still use tobacco in the country on a daily basis.
Vital Stories Addressing Peatland Forest Fires for Public Health in Southeast Asia The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21 the International Day of Forests in 2012. Today, we celebrate our forests and raise awareness of the need to preserve and rehabilitate them.
Press Mentions Longtime AIDS Researcher Robert Redfield Picked To Lead CDC The Washington Post : Robert Redfield, a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine, was named the new director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CEO Perspective Op-Ed: Turning the tide on avoidable deaths in Africa There is a perfect storm brewing on the African continent between smoking, HIV and tuberculosis and diabetes.