Press Mentions Overdoses Have Skyrocketed During the Pandemic. How Do We Stop Them? New York Times: Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives, explains the importance of harm reduction services.
Vital Stories Amid Vaccine Challenges, Latin American Experts Discuss Strategies for Reopening Schools School reopenings in Latin America in recent months are raising questions for urban leaders.
Vital Stories How a Video on Social Media Helped Make the Biggest COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Jakarta Smoke-Free On July 22, 2021, a video was posted capturing people smoking at the largest vaccination center in the city—some before getting vaccinated and some after.
Vital Stories An Abbreviated COP9 Keeps the Tobacco Industry Out Here are our takeaways from COP9 this year.
Press Room Vital Strategies India appoints L. M. Singh as Managing Director, India and Global Head, Partnerships and Innovative Finance As Managing Director, Mr. Singh will work to bring together public and private sectors to collaborate and develop novel models of financing mechanisms to support solutions to address key public health challenges.
Expert Q&A Vital Stories No More Siloed, Single-issue Solutions and Short-term Thinking: It’s Time to Reimagine Public Health A collaborative approach to public health can help us build better public health systems and drive policies that protect everyone, everywhere.
Press Room In Tragic First, Overdose Deaths Pass 100,000 in One Year 100,000 lives lost is a tragic milestone, and an indictment of health and social systems that are failing to protect people who use drugs.
Vital Stories Unhealthy and Unregulated: How Bidis Are Reaching Consumers Online Bidis outsell cigarettes in India by 8-to-1.
Press Room As Rates of Fatal Overdose Soar, New Resources Feature Survival Strategies for People Who Use Drugs When They Are Alone Project SAFE and Vital Strategies have created two new resources to address this complex problem of solo drug use.
Vital Stories Collective Healing Through Art: Spotlight on Overdose Awareness and Recovery Vital Strategies and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) teamed up to launch a community-driven, two-part public arts campaign aimed at confronting the stigma associated with drug use and changing what we see when we think about people who use drugs.