Case Studies In India, Tobacco’s Biggest Threat May Come From Its Victims India has the second largest number of tobacco consumers in the world. Twenty-nine percent of adults in India—some 267 million people—use tobacco in some form.
Explainers The Next Epidemic: Why the World is Still Vulnerable Disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics have adversely affected health for centuries. In 1918, an influenza pandemic infected a third of the world’s population, killing…
Press Room Health Organizations Call On The Walt Disney Company To Terminate Vice Media Partnership With Philip Morris International The health organizations are asking Disney to require that Vice adopt a strict policy prohibiting the company and its subsidiaries from working with tobacco companies.
Expert Q&A Why Lead Poisoning Prevention Matters What are the most important sources of lead exposure for children? Sources of lead exposure vary by location. In many countries, lead-based…
Expert Q&A To Better the Lives of Women and Girls, Improve CRVS Systems What are some of the obstacles that women face with regard to registration in some countries? There are a number of issues:…
Explainers By the Numbers: Road Traffic Crashes At Vital Strategies, we support every one’s right to have access to safe streets. Our work in 10 cities promotes proven interventions such as increasing…
Case Studies In India, Tobacco’s Biggest Threat May Come From Its Victims “A group of tobacco victims are shutting down the industry that sold them cancer.”
Expert Q&A Air Pollution: Why Focus on Cities? What should cities or countries be doing to combat air pollution and its adverse health effects? Cities and countries can best protect the health…
Case Studies India’s Ambitious Goals to Curb Hypertension In the state of Punjab in northwest India, one in three adults is afflicted with hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure. Diets high…
Vital Stories How One City In Brazil Reduced Road Crash Deaths By A Remarkable 40% Fortaleza Mayor Roberto Claudio recently announced that the city of 2.5 million saw a 40 percent reduction in road crash deaths in just four years, from 2014 to 2018.
