Vital Stories Trusted Voices for COVID-19: Engaging Community Leaders To Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy Access to COVID-19 information, vaccines and care is more challenging in some communities than others
Partnership for Healthy Cities 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.
Program Overview Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Country Overview – Rwanda In Rwanda, complex CRVS regulations and registration procedures have hindered the access and expansion of the civil registration and vital statistics system to cover more of the country’s population.
Vital Stories Around the World, Cities are Driving Action Against the World’s #1 Preventable Killer: Tobacco. The world’s leading preventable killer—tobacco—comes center stage every year on World No Tobacco Day, May 31, bringing attention to the 7 million tobacco-related annual deaths caused by tobacco use and aiming to boost tobacco control policies and efforts.
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.
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.
Counting the Uncounted Aiming High: Rwanda’s Journey to Train All of its Medical Doctors on How to Determine Cause of Death In recent years, Rwanda has invested considerable effort to understand patterns of mortality and tackle the causes.
Vital Stories 8 Extraordinary Women Leading Cities and Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating eight urban leaders making a difference around the world by creating healthier, safer cities with the Partnership for Healthy Cities.
Counting the Uncounted Vital Stories Outdated Legal Frameworks Leave Millions Without a Legal Identity. Here’s How Four Countries Took Action. A strong legal framework is the foundation of a well-functioning CRVS system, and is a necessary step toward achieving universal, permanent, and continuous registration coverage.