Press Room Tobacco Industry Uses Metaverse, Advergames, NFTs To Target Youth and Skirt Advertising Regulations Read our statement on the tobacco industry's new marketing strategies.
Press Room U.N. Special Rapporteur Urges Member States To Take Action in Securing the Right to Food in New Thematic Report Read our statement about the launch of the report “Food, nutrition and the right to health".
Press Room New Film Highlights Human Toll of Deadly Haze, Air Pollution in Asia Read our statement on air pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia, showcased in the new Vital Strategies film.
Vital Stories Public Launch of U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng’s, thematic report, “Food, nutrition and the right to health” Improving diets by creating and maintaining healthier food systems and environments is paramount to addressing the $2 trillion global obesity epidemic.
Spotlight The Climate and Us: The Human Toll of Deadly Haze This new series, The Climate and Us, explores how the climate crisis is affecting human health. Vital Strategies and its partners are featured in the series for their work to address air quality and promote clean air action in Jakarta, Indonesia.
VitalTalks Premiere Screening of “Tobacco Slave” This VitalTalks event featured a premiere screening of “Tobacco Slave,” followed by a panel discussion with the film’s director, Roy Maconachie and investigative journalist Noy Thrupkaew.
Press Room Mayors Call for Urgent Measures To Ensure Access to Healthy Food "As part of our work with the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Food Policy Program, we call on urban leaders to use their powers to ensure healthy food is accessible in public settings."
Press Room Vital Strategies, CDC Peru and Pure Earth Unite To Reduce Lead Exposure in Peru Read out statement on protecting children in Peru from lead poisoning.
Press Mentions Bridging the Water Gap: Social Movements Are Global Health’s Future Global Health Now: Trish Cotter, global lead for the Food Policy Program at Vital Strategies, discusses the link between water access and healthy food in Mexico.
Press Mentions Soda industry playbook on display in South Africa’s sugar tax battle The Examination: This op-ed features Trish Cotter, who leads the Food Policy Program at Vital Strategies, in its discussion of taxes on sugary drinks.