Program Overview Vital Strategies – Cancer Registries Program The Cancer Registries Program, included under the Bloomberg Data for Health initiative, works with ministries of health and their partners to establish, strengthen and expand population-based cancer registries and use the data for policymaking.
Campaigns Brazil – Speeding – Slow down! Speeding is the main cause of deaths in the city of Recife, Brazil. To address this the city launched a mass media campaign, calling the audience to slow down.
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.
Publications Prioritizing Children: Environmental Health Indicators for China The Children Environmental Health Indicators project represents a critical first step toward providing a safer and healthier environment for children in China.
Publications Effect of different front-of-package food labels on identification of unhealthy products and intention to purchase the products–A randomised controlled trial in South Africa This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different labels on participants in terms of their identification of products high in nutrients of concern; identification of unhealthy products, and intention to purchase unhealthy products.
Publications Distributing Fentanyl Test Strips in the Emergency Department Two physicians and a nurse from Jefferson Health talking about why they distribute fentanyl test strips and some best practices they’ve learned along the way. We hope that other clinical settings can incorporate fentanyl test strips into care for patients who use drugs after watching this video.
Publications How To Use Fentanyl Test Strips When they are able to use fentanyl test strips, people implement additional harm reduction strategies with their drug use, such as testing a small sample of the drug, using less, or asking a trusted friend to sit with them when they use.
Fact Sheets Racial Disparities in United States Overdose Rates Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by the drug overdose crisis. Overdose mortality rates steadily increased in the Black community since 1999, and doubled in the five-year period ending 2019.
Fact Sheets Overdose Prevention Centers Overdose prevention centers are public health facilities that provide people with a non-judgmental, hygienic, supervised space to use their drugs.