CEO Perspective Addressing Psoriasis within a comprehensive NCD Response It is time to recognize that psoriasis is a non-communicable disease. It is time to include psoriasis in the global response to NCDs.
Press Room Dr. Tedros the right choice to take WHO into the future Vital Strategies has welcomed the appointment of Ethiopia’s Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of World Health Organization.
CEO Perspective Success Factors for NCDs: Pathways to Accelerate Progress Now is the moment to highlight progress made on commitments from the 2014 High Level Meeting on NCDs and redouble our efforts.
CEO Perspective New Leader of WHO Must Bring Deep Reform – Real Clear Health Top health officials from every nation will gather in Geneva for the World Health Assembly, where they will elect a new head of the WHO.
CEO Perspective NCD Alliance becomes standalone NGO The NCD Alliance has become a full-fledged organization – shifting from an informal alliance to a standalone NGO.
Vital Stories Lessons from the World Social Marketing Conference Members of our team travelled to Washington D.C. for the World Social Marketing Conference.
Press Room Filipinos will benefit from Smoke-Free Executive Order Vital Strategies has welcomed news that the Philippines’ government has signed an Executive Order (EO) that implements a national smokefree policy, but concerns remain that it includes a provision for designated smoking areas.
Press Room Partnership for Healthy Cities targets significant improvements in urban health Vital Strategies joins Bloomberg Philanthropies and WHO as an implementing partner in the Partnership for Healthy Cities, providing technical assistance, as needed, to participating cities as they pursue evidence-based interventions that deliver results.
Vital Stories Sustainability and Indonesia’s Tobacco Epidemic It troubles me that tobacco can easily come to mind when people think about Indonesia, whether because of images of the smoking baby, or the way the film “Blackhat”(2015, Michael Mann) displays Jakarta with streets full of smokers rather than famous landmarks. The problem of tobacco use is real, and the data are shocking.
Vital Stories How speed interventions are helping improve road safety Speeding is the focus for the fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week, with a goal of highlighting the dangers of speed and the impact of interventions that can help reduce speed and save lives.