Campaigns Ukraine – Tobacco Control – A Doctor’s Warning The National Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health Ukraine ran this media campaign on tobacco use and COVID-19 in collaboration with Vital Strategies and NGO Life Advocacy Center. It features a prominent doctor's testimonial on the harms of smoking and e-cigarettes.
Case Studies Tobacco Control Case Study: Ukraine Vital Strategies supported the first national smoke-free campaign, “Invisible Killer,” developed in cooperation with the National Public Health Center and the civil society advocacy organization, Life, in the Ukraine.
Campaigns Ukraine – Tobacco Control – No Safe Smoking In November 2020, the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine launched this campaign to warn about the dangers of smoking and support legislation that requires that all tobacco products, including heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes, are regulated equally.
Vital Stories COVID-Free Tomorrow campaign catalyzes action in Ukraine An extensive communication campaign was supported by Vital Strategies and its partners to convey the risks of COVID-19 to Ukrainians.
Campaigns Ukraine – Tobacco Control – Plain Packaging This campaign ran in Ukraine in 2020 to support plain packaging provision as part of a comprehensive tobacco control legislation to reduce smoking rates.
Publications The prevalence of toxic hotspots in former Soviet countries Using a global database of contaminated sites, toxic hotspots in eight former Soviet countries were analyzed to identify the prevalence, types and sources of…
Campaigns Ukraine – Tobacco Control – Smokefree This campaign highlights the health harms of secondhand smoke.
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.
Campaigns Ukraine – Tobacco Control – Hookah – Ash This campaign highlights the health harms of smoking hookah.