Press Room Vital Strategies to Dedicate $1.5 Million to 12 North Carolina Counties That Use Opioid Settlement Money to Make Harm Reduction Services More Accessible To incentivize investment in syringe service programs (SSPs) and naloxone distribution, Vital Strategies is matching county opioid settlement dollars committed for these services in the selected counties.
Press Mentions 15 Steps For Discovering Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Forbes: 15 members of Forbes Nonprofit Council, featuring Vital Strategies President and CEO José Luis Castro, share steps organizations can take to find, hire and nurture emerging leaders in the nonprofit sector.
Spotlight Five things we’re focused on in 2023 As we begin 2023, we are already deep at work with partners around the world—governments, civil society and multilaterals—to reorient public policy so that health is at the center.
Vital Stories Global Gains on NCD Prevention in 2022 At Vital Strategies, we engage with partners at all levels to influence policy and highlight the hazards that trigger the most common killers—cancer, diabetes, and heart and lung diseases.
Vital Stories How Great Public Health Ideas Become Law: 6 Latin America Cities Prioritizing Health and Safety in 2023 Six Latin America cities in the Partnership for Healthy Cities network convened in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to share progress on building public support and other strategic goals for passing new public health laws.
Press Room As New Jersey Overdose Rates Soar and Disparities Deepen, Vital Strategies Releases $475,000 Opportunity for Community Groups to Address Racial Inequity and Promote Harm Reduction To address the surge in overdose deaths in communities of color, public health organization Vital Strategies is providing grant funding to community-based organizations and partnerships led by Black, Indigenous and people of color.
Press Room Mayors From Around the World To Meet for Inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit The Summit will bring together mayors and other city leaders from the Partnership for Healthy Cities global network to discuss strategies to combat the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.
Vital Stories 16 Cities Call for Justice During World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims provides a platform for those affected by road crashes to advocate for better support for traffic victims and their families, in addition to promoting evidence-based actions to prevent future road traffic deaths and injuries.
Spotlight Making Public Health a Priority In 2022, Vital Strategies worked with governments, partners and communities around the world to solve some of the greatest health challenges of our time, building toward our vision of a world where everyone, everywhere is protected by an equitable and effective public health system.
Vital Stories Strengthening Cancer Surveillance in Africa Against the backdrop of an increasing cancer burden in Africa and limited data to help direct government resources for prevention and treatment, three Collaborating Centers were opened in Kenya, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire.