Campaigns Cali – Road Safety – Speeding This campaign ran in Cali, Colombia in 2020. It shows the deadly consequences of speeding and urges motorcycle drivers to slow down to save…
Campaigns Fortaleza – Road Safety – COVID-19 Drink Driving Campaign This campaign ran in Fortaleza in 2020 and urges people to follow COVID-19 safety measures and to not drink and drive.
Campaigns Fortaleza – Road Safety – COVID-19 Speeding Campaign This campaign ran in Fortaleza in 2020 and warns about the dangers of speeding within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications Recursos para personas que consumen drogas y otros grupos vulnerables en el marco del COVID-19 Una nueva guía para apoyar los esfuerzos de prevención dentro de estos grupos demográficos en riesgo de morir de sobredosis y contagiarse de COVID-19
Publications Designing an Effective Front-of-Package Warning Label for Food and Drinks High in Added Sugar, Sodium, or Saturated Fat in Colombia: An Online Experiment This study surveyed Columbian consumers' reactions to different designs of possible warning labels, and the results suggest that an octagon warning similar to the one used in Chile or Peru would have the most impact on Colombian consumers. Colombian policymakers should consider the octagon warning as part of a front-of-package labeling policy to help consumers identify and reduce consumption of foods and drinks high in nutrients of concern that can contribute to overweight, obesity and related noncommunicable diseases.
Publications Communicating air pollution-linked risks in India in light of the COVID-19 pandemic This policy brief includes a comprehensive overview of the changes in air quality during the COVID-19 lockdown across India from our Environmental Health Division.
Program Overview Vital Strategies – Data Impact Program Vital Strategies’ Data Impact Program collaborates with governments to expand the use of data to enhance public health planning and policy development.
Publications Toward Clean Air Jakarta: Improving Air Quality In Jakarta in the Near- and Long-Term Toward Clean Air Jakarta highlights the current state of air quality in Jakarta, the efforts that are underway to enhance air quality monitoring and source identification, and an initial set of policy proposals to improve air quality.
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.