Publications Using Satellite Data for Air Quality and Health Applications This brief provides an overview on using satellite data for air quality and health applications, resources and trainings for cities to start integrating satellite data into their air quality management plans and national and access to regional datasets.
Publications Hidden in Plain Sight: Surrogate Marketing of Tobacco Products on Social Media in India Digital media, including social media platforms, is becoming increasingly central to companies’ marketing strategies. Our new study uses data from the Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement (TERM) to uncover the “hidden” tobacco marketing on social media in India.
Publications Use of electronic cigarettes and hookah in Brazil: a new and emerging landscape By means of a countrywide cross-sectional telephone survey conducted in 2022, this study sought to estimate the prevalence of current commercial cigarette smoking, as well as those of e-cigarette and hookah experimentation and current use among adults over 18 years of age in Brazil.
Publications Urban pandemic response: Survey results describing the experiences from twenty-five cities during the COVID-19 pandemic This article summarizes the results of a survey of 25 cities around the world to learn which levels of government—with a particular focus on local and national government—were responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed regarding select COVID-19 pandemic response activities.
Publications Policy Brief: Reducing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Indonesia In this policy brief, produced in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, UNICEF Indonesia and Pure Earth, we outline the problem of lead poisoning in Indonesia and make recommendations for actions that Indonesia can take to reduce it.
Publications A content analysis of e-cigarette marketing on social media: Findings from the Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement (TERM) in India, Indonesia and Mexico This study compares e-cigarette social media marketing in India, Indonesia and Mexico, three countries with different regulatory environments.
Publications Evaluation of two short standardized regimens for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM stage 2): an open-label, multicenter, randomized, non-inferiority trial In STREAM stage 2, this study compared two bedaquiline-containing regimens with the 9-month STREAM stage 1 regimen.
Publications “Love with Less Salt”: evaluation of a sodium reduction mass media campaign in China This study examined the impact of a salt reduction campaign on knowledge, attitudes, intentions, behaviors and barriers to behavior change related to salt consumption in two provinces of China.
Publications Report on Legal Framework Assessment on Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identification Management in Viet Nam As part of the Bloomberg Data For Health Initiative (D4H), Vital Strategies is partnering with Viet Nam government agencies to reach objectives set forth in the National Action Plan on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS).
Publications Integrated Use of Low-Cost Sensors to Strengthen Air Quality Management This report details a new approach in air quality management that combines conventional solutions with innovations in monitoring, assessment, data use, and organization can accelerate clean air action, especially in cities with presently limited technical capacity.