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 The Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Pollution Undermines a Generation of Future Potential This joint report by UNICEF and Pure Earth notes that lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes irreparable harm to children’s brains.
Program Overview Vital Strategies – Food Policy Program Vital Strategies works closely with partners in Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica and South Africa. We also support work in other countries including India and Ethiopia. Our work helps achieve healthy food policy goals through focused audience research, strategic communication and evaluation.
Annual Reports Annual Report 2019 This report describes Vital Strategies’ work in 2019 to strengthen systems so that more people can live longer, healthier lives. Coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed the world in 2020. While Vital Strategies has been deeply engaged in the COVID-19 response, our work on the key public health issues described in this 2019 report is continuing. The partnerships Vital Strategies built and strengthened in 2019 and before also created the foundation that is enabling us to provide direct support in 60+ countries for their pandemic response. around the world live longer, healthier lives.
Fact Sheets Naloxone Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic People who use drugs, and their peers, who are often first responders in overdose events, need up-to-date and accurate information on the safe administration of naloxone and rescue breathing methods in the context of COVID-19.
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.
Campaigns Vietnam – “Reduce Salt by Half” The ad depicts the disabling effect of stroke on a middle-aged man— and the burden this causes for his family.
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.
Fact Sheets Communicating About Air Pollution During COVID-19 As the issue of air pollution and its effects on public health are thrust into the spotlight of the COVID-19 crisis, it is critical that all clean air stakeholders contribute to the public discourse with thoughtful and evidence-based data—to prevent the spread of misinformation, promote the need for clean air solutions and create public demand for clean air.
Program Overview Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Country Overview – Bangladesh The Bangladesh government views civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) as the foundation of rights, protections, entitlements and services from cradle to grave.