Case Studies Lessons From South Africa’s Campaign for a Tax on Sugary Beverages Obesity is a major and growing public health challenge in South Africa. This case study describes how a variety of factors led to introduction of a tax on sugary beverages.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Turkey A series of tobacco control campaigns created with the assistance of Vital Strategies has resulted in some of the most effective campaigns in Turkey.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Philippines In the Philippines, Vital Strategies launched a SmokeFree Caravan Tour in 2017 with a key message—that Increasing Tobacco taxes will save lives.
Vital Stories Reflecting on 2020 and looking forward to 2021 2020 has been a year like no other. We asked Vital Strategies team members from around the world to share lessons they have learned, the joys and challenges of 2020, and their hopes for 2021.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Pakistan Vital Strategies and Pakistan's Ministry of Health executed a vast advocacy campaign across several years to highlight the problem with point-of-sale marketing.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Myanmar The People’s Health Foundation Myanmar and Vital Strategies, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Sports, designed, implemented and evaluated a mass media campaign to discourage smokeless tobacco use in Myanmar.
Vital Stories Tracking Data to Tackle Cancer: Q&A with the Cancer Registries Program To learn more about the Cancer Registries Program, we sat down with Director Magdalena Paczkowski and Deputy Director Mine Metitiri.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Mexico – The Power of Strategic Public Relations Since 2017, Vital Strategies has conducted an active public relations effort to engage government, journalists and advocacy organizations in Mexico to bring attention to the urgent need for stronger tobacco control policy.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Indonesia Over the last five years, Vital Strategies and local advocates in Indonesia have collaborated to find innovative ways to counter the tobacco industry’s huge marketing campaigns.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: India Vital Strategies’ team and Sunita Tomar, from Madhya Pradesh, India, worked on an anti-tobacco campaign to warn others about the deadly harms of smokeless tobacco.