Publications Impacts of Air Pollution on Health and Cost of Illness in Jakarta, Indonesia This study aimed to quantify the health and economic impacts of air pollution—fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ground-level Ozone (O3), which exceeded the local and global ambient air quality standards—in Jakarta Province, the capital of Indonesia.
E-NNOVATE- Electronic innovations in cancer registration With electronic medical records (EMRs) becoming more common, greater opportunities have emerged for them to be used as a data source for population-based cancer registries. To explore this issue, international partners have collaborated to form the E-NNOVATE Project.
Publications Protecting Youth From Online E-Cigarette Marketing: Findings From a New Study in India, Indonesia and Mexico Our new TERM study explores how and through which social media platforms e-cigarettes are marketed to consumers in three countries: India, Indonesia and Mexico. This brief has been developed to increase awareness of the key findings of this research.
Publications Implementation challenges and lessons learned from the STREAM clinical trial—a survey of trial sites STREAM was an MDR-TB clinical trial that recruited over 1000 participants. We documented challenges and best practices/lessons learned from the site perspective to improve implementation of future trials.
Campaigns Mexico – Tobacco Control – Prices increase saves lives This campaign informs Mexicans about the benefits of raising tobacco taxes, and how it can protect future generations by making tobacco less affordable to the young.
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.
The health sector in civil registration: options and methods to increase registration of live births, stillbirths and deaths The purpose of this guidance is to help civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system stakeholders increase rates of vital event registration.
Request for Proposal: New Jersey Drug User Health and Harm Reduction Racial Equity Grant Request for Proposal: New Jersey Drug User Health and Harm Reduction Racial Equity Grant
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.