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AXA panel discussion and Q&A on tobacco use and tobacco control

Where do public opinion, science and regulation stand right now on tobacco? And how are they likely to evolve?

Vital Stories

How Big Tobacco is Holding Back the Global Economy and Trapping Families in Poverty

When considering the impact that tobacco has on society, the first thing that comes to mind is the health impacts: cancer, emphysema, heart attacks, strokes and other tobacco-related illnesses. But it’s important to pull back and see what effect this burden of disease and premature death, and the tobacco industry as a whole, has on society.

Vital Stories

New Leader of the World Health Organization Must Bring Deep Reform

Global health leaders are gathering in Geneva this week for the 70th World Health Assembly to elect a new World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General. Writing in Real Clear Health, Vital Strategies President and CEO José Luis Castro calls on the next Director-General to lead a deep reform agenda.

A Call to Action for Lung Health – FIRS launches Global Charter for Lung Health

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies launches world’s first Global Charter for Lung Health.

Upcoming Global NCD Conference in Montevideo

The upcoming Global Conference on NCDs can accelerate our progress on reducing by one-third the premature deaths from NCDs.

Press Room

A World Lung Day is needed to put the spotlight on lung health

At a side event today at the 70th World Health Assembly, Uruguay’s Public Health Minister joined experts from five global health organizations to call for urgent action to improve lung health and reduce the burden of respiratory disease, which accounts for five of the 30 most common causes of death.

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.