Publications Communicating air pollution-linked risks in India in light of the COVID-19 pandemic This policy brief includes a comprehensive overview of the changes in air quality during the COVID-19 lockdown across India from our Environmental Health Division.
Publications Toward Clean Air Jakarta: Improving Air Quality In Jakarta in the Near- and Long-Term Toward Clean Air Jakarta highlights the current state of air quality in Jakarta, the efforts that are underway to enhance air quality monitoring and source identification, and an initial set of policy proposals to improve air quality.
Publications Identifying the Main Sources of Air Pollution in Jakarta: A Source Apportionment Study Vital Strategies worked with the Bandung Institute of Technology to identify the leading sources of ambient PM2.5 levels in and around Jakarta. This is the first publicly released multisite source apportionment study of Jakarta’s airshed.
Publications What’s in Our Food? A guide to introducing effective front-of-package nutrient labels to combat obesity and improve nutrition. This guidebook assists countries in taking up this cost-effective, high impact strategy.
Publications Development of a Synthetic Population Model for Assessing Excess Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Death The results of this study, focused on Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 2015-2016, suggest that creating a geographically explicit synthetic population from real and synthetic data is feasible and that synthetic populations are useful for modeling disease in large populations and for estimating the outcome of interventions.
Publications Through the Smokescreen: Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Air Quality and Its Health Impacts in India “Through the Smokescreen,” a report by Vital Strategies, reveals poor public understanding of the major sources of air pollution and priority clean air solutions in India.
Publications Excess Mortality in Brazil: A Detailed Description of Trends in Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic Examining excess mortality data from all causes of death is helping determine the toll of COVID-19 in Brazil.
Publications Results of a Mass Media Campaign in South Africa To Promote a Sugary Drinks Tax This first-of-its-kind study evaluated the impact of a mass media campaign on knowledge and attitudes related to sugary drinks and on public support for a proposed tax on sugary drinks in South Africa. The study demonstrated that in addition to improving knowledge and shifting attitudes about the harms of sugary drinks, media campaigns can effectively build public support for strong government action and therefore must be a component of a comprehensive obesity prevention approach.
Publications Challenges in Tuberculosis Clinical Trials in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sponsor’s Perspective The impact of the pandemic on clinical trials can be especially profound given their complexities and operational requirements.
Publications Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic This editorial emphasizes that, during an epidemic, rapid mortality surveillance provides essential information to formulate an evidence-based response. Establishing, scaling and improving upon rapid mortality surveillance would give countries real-time awareness of all direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as help them to prepare for future outbreaks.