Press Room Statement from José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies on Today’s Landmark Meeting in Accra, Ghana Today’s announcement of a Global Compact on NCDs and a new presidential council on NCDs is a promising step to address what has been the major barrier to more people living longer, healthier lives: adequate funding and attention to NCDs.
Press Mentions 7 Grocery Items So Unhealthy They Should Come With This Warning Eat This, Not That!: Trish Cotter, Senior Advisor and Global Lead of the Food Policy Program at Vital Strategies, discusses ultra-processed foods and the need for warning labels.
Vital People Riksum Kazi, Security and Operations Manager Riksum Kazi’s work week never ends. On weekdays, he’s the Security and Operations Manager at Vital Strategies. On the weekends, he responds to crises, as the Disaster Action Team Program Lead in New Jersey for the American Red Cross.
Spotlight Healthy People, Healthy Planet Vital Strategies recognizes that everyone, everywhere has a right to breathe clean air, eat healthy food, travel on safe roads, and be protected by public health policies that aim to prevent disease—not just treat it.
Vital Stories To Reduce Overdose Deaths, New Mexico Passes Expansive Harm Reduction Legislation Every 14 hours, someone in New Mexico dies of an overdose.
Press Mentions We can’t end the overdose crisis without support for harm reduction The Daily: Daliah Heller, Vice President, Drug Use Initiatives, writes about the need to center harm reduction in the U.S. response to the overdose crisis.
Vital Stories How Indonesian Youth Are Being Hooked On E-Cigarettes Through Social Media E-cigarette companies are aggressively promoting and selling their products on social media and using content designed to reach their ideal consumer: young people
Press Room Vital Strategies Congratulates Resolve to Save Lives as They Launch as an Independent Organization We are proud to have incubated Resolve as an initiative of Vital Strategies and nurtured their path to independence over the past five years.
Press Room Meta’s Facebook, Instagram Used To Target Indonesians, Including Youth, for E-Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products A first-ever survey of e-cigarette marketing in Indonesia demonstrates that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms are awash in deceitful e-cigarette ads.