Press Mentions A Heavy Metal Crisis In India: Lead Exposure In Children Is A Silent Epidemic, Though Preventable ABP Live: Ambrish Kumar Chandan and Yatin Pimple, Technical Advisors, Environmental Health Surveillance, Environmental Health at Vital Strategies discuss lead toxicity among children in India in this op-ed.
Press Room Partnership for Healthy Cities Wins Esteemed Anthem Award for Social Impact Excellence The Partnership for Healthy Cities’ October 2023 Guardian Labs feature, “How to Become a Healthier City” highlights how member cities are working to prevent NCDs and injuries. Today, the feature earned an esteemed Anthem Award in the Health category.
Press Room Vital Strategies Film on Health and Climate Wins Silver at 2024 Anthem Awards "The Data Healing the Lungs of a City" showcases the work of Vital Strategies and its partners to improve air quality and champion clean air action in Jakarta, Indonesia.
CEO Perspective Spotlight The Road Ahead: Building Responsive, Revitalized & Resilient Public Health Systems Our mission is simple: To reduce the global burden of noncommunicable diseases and injuries so people everywhere can live their healthiest and most vital lives. Read more from Mary-Ann Etiebet, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies.
Press Mentions Hard-hitting campaigns essential to reduce tobacco consumption: Sandra Mullin Daily Sun: Sandra Mullin, Senior Vice President, Policy Advocacy and Communication, was interviewed by Daily Sun about tobacco control.
Expert Q&A Counting Every Life: Colombia’s Approach to Inclusive Civil Registration for Hard-to-Reach Communities Dr. Piedad Urdinola Contreras, Director of Colombia’s national statistics office, discusses how Colombia's civil registration data is used and what other countries can learn from Colombia's model.
Press Room Powerful Videos Feature Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones Calling For Health Solutions, Not Criminalization, to Address Overdose Crisis Families who have lost a loved one to overdose are sharing their stories in a series of powerful videos being released by Broken No More, an organization comprised of thousands of families across the country who have lost loved ones to overdose.
Press Room Saving Lives from Pneumonia Requires Clean Air Statement From Sumi Mehta, Vice President, Environmental, Climate and Urban Health at Vital Strategies, on World Pneumonia Day.
Press Room Consumo de bebida alcoólica custa ao Brasil R$ 18,8 bilhões por ano e é responsável por 12 mortes por hora O consumo de bebidas alcoólicas representou um custo para o Brasil da ordem de R$ 18,8 bilhões em 2019. É o que aponta o estudo “Estimação dos Custos Diretos e Indiretos atribuíveis ao Consumo do Álcool no Brasil”, realizado pela Fiocruz a pedido das organizações Vital Strategies e ACT Promoção da Saúde como parte da iniciativa RESET Álcool.
Press Room Alcohol Use Costs Brazil R$ 18.8 Billion Per Year and is Responsible for 12 Deaths an Hour "The need to adopt proven measures such as the selective tax on alcoholic beverages is clear."