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The Cancer Registry Program helps selected countries create and strengthen population-based cancer registries to track cancer data, allowing them to better understand which cancers are most common and respond more effectively.

The Global Grants Program provides funds to government partners, through a competitive process, to implement discrete projects which improve systems that collect, analyze and use data for public health decision-making.

The Data Impact Program of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative collaborates with governments to expand the use of data to enhance public health policymaking.

Alcohol contributes to millions of deaths each year. Alcohol also has negative social and economic effects on individuals, families and communities. RESET Alcohol is a groundbreaking $15 million initiative led by Vital Strategies to reduce alcohol-related harms in hard-hit countries through policy change.

With a majority of the world’s population now living in urban settings, cities are uniquely positioned to transform the fight against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries by implementing policies to significantly reduce exposure to risk factors. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the transformative role of urban public health leadership to save lives.

As many as 800 million children globally have unsafe blood lead levels according to the World Health Organization. Vital Strategies’ Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention program was launched with the government of Peru to support ongoing lead poisoning surveillance, raise public awareness about key sources of lead exposure, and improve regulation of lead in consumer products. The program recently expanded to Indonesia where we are partnering with UNICEF and Pure Earth to update the nation’s clinical guidance for lead exposure in children and conduct a comprehensive assessment of lead policies and stakeholders.