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Vital Strategies at SXSW: Decriminalize Drugs to Reduce Overdose Deaths & Build Racial Justice

Public Health, Faith, Harm Reduction, and Criminal Justice Leaders to convene to advocate for the end of racist criminalization of people who use drugs.

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Harm Reduction Receives Unprecedented $30 Million in Federal Funding through American Rescue Plan Act

The $30 million for harm reduction services in the Act is historic, occurring almost 50 years to the month when President Nixon officially launched the war on drugs with the clear goal of targeting Black people and the anti-war movement.

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Beyond the Single Story: Ethically Using Visuals to Tell Fuller Stories

As a global health organization, we frequently use images to tell the story of the work we do. In our journey to think more critically about the images we take and use, to tell fuller, more accurate stories, we were recently joined by visual journalist and professor Tara Pixley for a conversation on ethical storytelling.

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Women Leaders at the Center of the COVID-19 Response

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the ways women—from grassroots organizers to heads of nations—are leading us through the COVID-19 pandemic, and how their leadership and expertise are crucial to be able to build back more equitably and resiliently.

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Four out of 10 deaths are unknown–SCORE will make them count.

Vital Strategies is proud to have aided in the development of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recently released SCORE Technical Package.

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Princess Dina Mired of Jordan joins Vital Strategies as Special Envoy for Noncommunicable Diseases

Vital Strategies introduces Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan as Special Envoy for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs).

CEO Perspective

A New Milestone for Vital Strategies

I am pleased to share a new milestone for Vital Strategies: As the Resolve to Save Lives initiative enters its last year of its first five-year funding cycle, the initiative is ready to become its own nonprofit organization and will become fully independent by June 2022.

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Vital Strategies and Resolve to Save Lives Announce Plans for the Initiative to Become an Independent Nonprofit Organization

Vital Strategies, home to the Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) initiative, announced today that after four years of rapid expansion, RTSL will become a fully independent, U.S.-based and registered nonprofit organization, effective by June 2022.

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Spotlight: COVID-19 Deaths Also Rooted in NCD Epidemic

Every year, 41 million people die from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, lung disease and cancer. These account for seven out of every 10 deaths worldwide, with deeply inequitable impact—more than 80% occur in countries with high levels of poverty.

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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launches campaign to promote harm reduction services

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Vital Strategies to launch a media campaign to promote the critical importance of harm reduction services in Michigan’s response to the opioid epidemic.

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