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A recap of our VitalTalks, A Recipe for Health: The Urgent Need for Food Policy where our speakers discussed effective food policies, including front-of-package labeling initiatives, the increased vulnerabilities to COVID-19 for people living with obesity and undernutrition, and guidance to governments and stakeholders engaged in this issue

We sat down with Dr. Vivian Pun Vital Strategies’ air pollution epidemiologist in the Environmental Health Division to learn more about her research on air pollution and mental health.

Urbanization has become a determinant for health in its own right. Cities are places where health can be produced or compromised, and city leaders have shown that they can lead the way by creating systems that promote and protect health. This was already happening before the pandemic, and city leaders have stepped up to respond to COVID-19's impact on their people.

Bold action by city leaders has and will continue to impact the global pandemic response. The Partnership for Healthy Cities has compiled key accomplishments from six cities in its global network, whose mayors who have taken on the role of urban health champions.

During a recent trip to her home country, Russia, Irina Morozova, Director of the Road Safety Communication program and tobacco control technical advisor on the Policy, Advocacy and Communication team, reflects on a decade of progress in tobacco control.