Spotlight New Tobacco Atlas: The Scale of the Tobacco Epidemic and the Progress Made Nearly 5 trillion cigarettes are consumed each year, contributing to more than 8 million deaths and nearly US $2 trillion in economic damage. The Seventh Edition of the Tobacco Atlas finds slower progress in larger, poorer countries outweighing gains in many higher-income countries.
Press Room Report: Global Tobacco Users at 1.3 Billion; Smoking Among Young Teens Ages 13-15 Increases in 63 Countries In its 20th year of publication, the Tobacco Atlas finds slower progress among many larger, poorer countries outweighing gains in many higher-income countries.
Vital Stories Four Stereotypes We Need To Address About Parents and Pregnant People Who Use Drugs This Maternal Mental Health Month, Vital Strategies is breaking down four common stereotypes about pregnancy, parenting, and drug use.
Vital Stories Seven New Countries Join Global Grants Family in New Round of Funding The Global Grants Program closed its sixth round of funding with a selection of 12 projects dedicated to strengthening the collection, analysis and use of high-quality data in public health decision-making.
Press Room Vital Strategies’ “Reimagine Public Heath” Campaign Wins “Best in Community Engagement” at PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards The campaign, along with Vital Strategies' new tagline, “Reimagine Public Health,” launched in October 2021 to galvanize support for public health as central to our everyday lives.
Press Room New CDC Numbers Show Catastrophic 16% Increase in Overdose Deaths from 2020 to 2021 These data are an urgent call to action for government at all levels: we need to mount a massive public health response to overdose that centers harm reduction and support instead of criminalization and punishment for people who use drugs.
Press Mentions More than 107,000 Americans died from overdoses last year. This drug is behind most deaths. USA Today: Daliah Heller, Vice President of Drug Use Initiatives for Vital Strategies, discusses the government's role in harm reduction promotion.
Press Mentions PR Daily honors the 2022 Social Media & Digital Awards winners in NYC PR Daily: Vital Strategies: Reimagine Public Health received the Community Engagement Award from Ragan Communications and PR Daily.
Press Room As COVID-19 Underscores Harms of Limited Data, #CountingEveryone Campaign Creates Momentum Toward Change The #CountingEveryone campaign puts a human face to leadership in critical health data systems, highlighting remarkable and measurable improvements across four countries where leaders have focused on improving health and governance data.
Vital Stories How 8 Cities Worked Quickly To Slow COVID Infections, Distribute Vaccines and Address Health Disparities The Partnership for Healthy Cities committed to supporting vaccine equity through grants and technical support.