Press Room Colombian Parents Are Urged To Join Calls For Ban On Junk Food Advertising That Targets Children A new TV public service announcement shows how children are exposed to junk food advertising and how this influences their eating habits.
Vital Stories In Indonesia, Advocates Fight Back Against Big Tobacco’s Lies Vital Strategies has held a four-day anti-tobacco industry social media advocacy workshop in Indonesia, with advocates learning how to create effective campaigns to counter the industry’s practices.
Press Room New mass media campaign in Bangladesh shows deadly harm of second-hand smoke This new campaign aims to encourage smokers to quit and to protect non-smokers around them – especially children.
Press Mentions Tobacco Kills One Lakh People Annually: Zahid Maleque The Independent : The Health Ministry and Vital Strategy launched the 30-second long TV spot titled 'Bish Batas' to aware the common people about indirect impact of the tobacco.
Vital Stories Colombia’s Three Biggest Cities Share Obesity Prevention Strategies Medellin, Cali and Bogota sent food policy experts to a Partnership for Healthy Cities workshop last week to pick up tips from Vital Strategies and from each other about dealing with soaring obesity problems—especially among children.
Vital Stories Updated: Vital Strategies, NCD Alliance, other civil society partners express concern about Mugabe WHO Goodwill Ambassador role; WHO retracts appointment Vital Strategies joined our partners in health and human rights in denouncing the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador through a joint statement. Shortly afterwards, the appointment was revoked.
Press Mentions Kingston Joins ‘partnership For Healthy Cities’ Jamaica Observer: “I fully endorse the purpose of this initiative. Noncommunicable diseases and injuries cause nearly 80 per cent of deaths around the world today. With over half the world's population now living in cities, bold actions by local leaders to improve public health policy and practice are vital,” the mayor added.
Press Mentions Stress Is A Public Health Concern, Too CityLab : “Our work can’t be limited to exhortations to eat better and stop smoking,” said Adam Karpati, a senior vice president at Vital Strategies, an organization that works to strengthen public health systems primarily in developing countries.
Vital Stories Montevideo Gets Serious about Salt The city of Montevideo, Uruguay announced its initiative under the Partnership for Healthy Cities - a campaign to fight hypertension and cardiovascular disease by helping residents of the city cut back on salt.
Vital Stories Ahmedabad and Bengaluru Stand Ready to Fight NCDs Two Indian cities announced initiatives under the Partnership for Healthy Cities in recent days: Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.