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.
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.