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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

Advances in systems thinking, demography and technology mean that for the first time, counting every human life is possible, even in remote areas.

Data for Health

We support governments that are turning high-quality data into action.

Road Safety

Vital Strategies is an implementing partner of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), a consortium carrying out proven road safety interventions in 15 countries and up to 30 cities around the world.

Tobacco Control

Vital Strategies is a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. We work with governments and civil society organizations to implement proven policies like those in the World Health Organization’s international health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and in the MPOWER package of tobacco reduction measures. Our work has spanned over 50 low- and middle-income countries, where 80% of tobacco deaths occur.

Press Room

“It’s Time” for Governments to End TB

It is entirely unacceptable that every year 1.6 million people die from a disease that we have been able to treat since the 1940s. In developed nations, tuberculosis has nearly been eradicated, but in low- and middle-income countries, TB remains the leading infectious killer.

Campaigns

Philippines – Tobacco Control – A mother’s plea

This campaign from the Philippines calls for higher tobacco taxes.

Campaigns

Philippines – Tobacco Control – Van Cadungon Testimonial

This campaign features a testimonial from a former smoker, warning others not to smoke.

Vital Stories

5 Cities That Improved Kids’ Health in 2018

When governments invest in creating healthy and safe environments for children, they benefit doubly—by improving their society’s present and securing its future.

Vital Stories

Kyiv, Quezon City and León Announce NCD and Road Safety Initiatives Through the Partnership for Healthy Cities

With progress well underway among the 54 cities in the Partnership for Healthy Cities, three more stepped forward last month to unveil public health interventions aimed at saving lives by preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or injuries.

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Caravan’s engaging events across 13 Filipino cities draw people to support the Sin Tax and increasing tobacco taxes

With potential increases in the Philippines’ successful Sin Tax in the balance, Vital Strategies has joined other anti-tobacco advocates in launching a “Smoke-free Caravan” (“Caravan”) that is rallying supporters across 13 Philippine cities and underscoring the positive impact higher tobacco taxes will have on public health and the country’s economy.

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