Vital Stories Encouraging news in the global fight against drug-resistant TB Preliminary results from Stage 1 of STREAM show that the nine-month treatment regimen being tested achieved favourable outcomes in almost 80 percent of those treated.
CEO Perspective 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health AERAS Reception For TB, we need to move from a 1.5 percent annual reduction in TB incidence to a 10 percent annual reduction.
CEO Perspective Speech at 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health This year’s Union World Conference convenes during one of the most critical moments in the global fight against tuberculosis.
Press Mentions Guadalajara has launched its initiative as part of the Partnership for Healthy Cities, focusing on promoting the use of bicycles for transportation. Milenio: More than half a year after starting the process to join the Alliance of Healthy Cities, Guadalajara today presented advances in the strategy that drives to be a member of this global network, and whose main goal is to impact policies in favor of 'active mobility', particularly in the use of the bicycle.
Press Room On World Obesity Day, Vital Strategies Urges Governments To Accelerate Work On Obesity Prevention Vital Strategies also announced the availability of 19 tested and proven mass media campaign ads designed to address issues related to obesity prevention, such as the harms of sugary drinks and industry marketing to children. The ads are available online at Media Beacon.
Vital Stories Taking Bold Steps Towards a Walkable, Bikeable Guadalajara The city hopes that by getting people used to driving less, the citizenry will become more physically active and breathe cleaner air too.
CEO Perspective 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health Centennial Dinner The Union was founded on a hope and on a dream that they would bring about a world free from the devastation of tuberculosis
Press Room New Road Safety Campaign in Bogotá, Colombia aims to reduce number of preventable deaths caused by speeding In partnership with Vital Strategies and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), Bogotá's campaign will focus on the reduction of speeding – particularly in school zones.
Press Room On World Heart Day, Vital Strategies Urges Governments to Take Action To Reduce Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Vital Strategies joins the World Heart Federation and the global community in urging governments and civil society to re-double their efforts to reduce the global burden of heart disease and take rapid and cost-effective action to reduce the growing burden of 18 million CVD-related annual deaths worldwide.
Press Mentions Ft Health: Ending Unsafe Abortions Financial Times : Half of all abortions carried out worldwide are unsafe, a study revealed this week — and the situation could worsen under new restrictions on US foreign aid. Of the estimated 25m risky procedures each year, 97 per cent were in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.