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Publications Trouble Brewing Vital Strategies partnered with three other global health organizations to release “Trouble Brewing,” which lays out the burden of harms related to…

This study reveals that the benefits of air pollution reduction interventions in Jakarta, Indonesia outweigh the costs, with returns estimated to be seven times higher.

This advocacy brief jointly developed by Vital Strategies and ARNEC (Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood Development) showcases in detail the impacts of flooding on early childhood development, and strategies to minimise these impacts.

This study estimates the exact number of bidi sticks produced annually in India in order to address the significant gap in reliable data for production figures. Having more specific production estimates may lead to stricter compliance with the existing regulatory norms and decreased illegal circulation of bidis, including to minors.

The goal of this study was to describe the country-level incidence of severe cooking-related burns in Ghana and identify household-level risk factors for adults and children. It compared the incidence of burns when cooks used solid fuel compared with liquid petroleum gas.

Athletes at the Olympics perform under the banner of companies sponsoring the games, including Coca-Cola, and implicitly endorse that unhealthy sugary beverage. It’s time for the International Olympic Committee to cut ties with Coca-Cola in the interest of athletes, spectators and the planet.

Vital Strategies, in partnership with Pure Earth and Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research Center, conducted the first statewide study to understand blood lead levels in children under the age of 5 and their pregnant mothers in Bihar, India.

This article underscores the necessity of finding ways to expose and counter tobacco companies' harmful marketing tactics deployed through new digital technologies—advergaming, NFTs and the metaverse.

We conducted an assessment to better understand the current efforts in monitoring and managing lead exposure among children in Peru.