Press Mentions Tom Frieden’s New Venture Combines 2 Disparate Health NPR : Dr. Tom Frieden, who led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017, has a brand-new job as head of a brand-new global health initiative called Resolve.
Press Mentions Former CDC Chief Launches $225 Million Global Health Initiative Washington Post: Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is starting a new initiative to tackle some of global health’s thorniest issues: cardiovascular disease and epidemics.
Press Mentions Former CDC Director Frieden Takes Aim At Heart Disease, Epidemics Wall Street Journal: Over a decade and a half as a U.S. public-health leader, Tom Frieden has fought infectious-disease epidemics, cigarette smoking and the use of artificial trans fats. Now he’s expanding on that work in a new role.
Press Mentions Frieden’s Next Act: Heart Disease And Preparing For New Epidemics New York Times : After running the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for eight years under President Obama, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden is starting a global health initiative that will focus on two big areas: heart health and epidemic preparedness.
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Press Room Myanmar Cancer Victims Reveal Deadly Dangers of Betel Chewing in New National Media Campaign This also is the first campaign in Myanmar to feature the dramatic testimonial stories of real tobacco victims - four men who contracted oral cancer because of their betel quid chewing habit. The six-week campaign was developed with technical assistance from Vital Strategies and will be broadcast for six weeks on national television and radio channels in Myanmar.
Vital Stories First ever campaign in Myanmar to warn about deadly betel chewing The message calls on Myanmar’s citizens to stop chewing betel quid. The campaign will run nationwide on national radio and television for six weeks.
Press Room Addis Ababa Announces Partnership for Healthy Cities Intervention at Speeding Campaign Launch The Addis Ababa’s campaign will focus on the severe consequences of speeding, while bolstering enforcement efforts in the city to save lives.
Press Room Calls to Indonesia’s smoking quitline double thanks to powerful media campaign featuring tobacco victims The campaign prominently featured the stories of two tobacco victims and the number of the Ministry of Health’s national quit smoking telephone line (“quitline”). Initial analysis suggests that the number of daily calls to the national quitline doubled while the campaign was being broadcast.
Press Room Vital Strategies Supports Shanghai Road Safety Efforts Shanghai’s campaign will run through November and focus on seat belts as a life-saving mechanism that can dramatically reduce the likelihood of death and injury in a crash. The public service announcement (PSA) for the campaign conveys the message, “seat belts save lives for drivers and passengers, always wear a seat belt.”