Publications A review of media effects: implications for media coverage of air pollution and cancer Air pollution is responsible for 7 million global deaths annually, including from non-communicable diseases such as cancer. Given the media’s vital role in social and policy change, this article reviewed the existing literature on how the media portrays air pollution and the implications this coverage has on (1) perceived links between air pollution and cancer and (2) global action for cleaner air.
D4HDataImpact.org Resources As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health initiative, Vital Strategies’ Data Impact Program has made a range of resources available to government and other partners, to expand the use of data for enhanced public health policymaking.
Publications Improving coverage of civil registration and vital statistics, Bangladesh In 2016, the government of Bangladesh introduced a pilot project to create an effective system for registering deaths and determining their causes. Training community-based health workers, physicians, and coders were successful approaches to improve death registration completeness and availability of cause-of-death data.
Publications Legal and policy changes urgently needed to increase access to opioid agonist therapy in the United States The U.S. faces a public health crisis of opioid-related harm, the effects of which could be dramatically reduced through increased access to opioid agonist therapy with the medications methadone and buprenorphine. This commentary outlines immediate, concrete steps that federal, state, and local governments can take to change law from barrier to facilitator of evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder.
Campaigns Barbados – Food Policy – Tooth Decay This campaign explains how consumption of sugary drinks can add up over time and explains the consequences – tooth decay and type II diabetes.
Campaigns Colombia- Food Policy – Juice This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.
Campaigns Colombia – Food Policy – Snacks This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.
Campaigns Colombia – Food Policy – Cereal This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.
Annual Reports Activity Report 2018 In 2018, we worked around the world, partnering with government and civil society to deliver solutions to the most pressing health problems of our time.
Publications Urban Health More than half the world's population now lives in cities. That is expected to grow to two-thirds by 2030. As global populations rapidly consolidate around urban centers, the scientific understanding of what this means for human health faces a new and greater urgency.