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Breaking Bondage: The Intersection of Race and Public Health

Unequal access to quality health care and decades of legal, social and economic barriers mean that black Americans continue to pay the price of structural racism with their health, as evidenced by shorter life spans, poorer outcomes in medical treatment, staggeringly high maternal mortality rates and more.

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Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70

Health Policy Watch: From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition.

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A Year in Photos: Vital Strategies’ Top Photos from 2019

It has been a year of growth and transformation at Vital Strategies as we continue to bridge the gap between public health needs and their solutions. Here, we look back at some of our favorite photos from work across more than 70 countries and a dozen different issue areas in 2019.

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Happy New Year from Vital Strategies

From the entire Vital Strategies team across 40 countries, we wish you a healthy and happy new year.

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“There is a turning point in the global tobacco epidemic, but e-cigarettes are a looming threat to global progress.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies, on the first projected global decline in adult male tobacco use, reported in the World Health Organization global report.

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British American Tobacco among vape firms hit by Instagram ad ban

Forbes : British American Tobacco (BAT) is among four vaping firms to have their Instagram adverts banned by a watchdog after campaigners complained that the posts, which featured celebrities and influencers, made the products more appealing to young people.

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UK bans e-cigarette ads on Instagram, other social media

Daily Mail Online: Companies including British American Tobacco (BAT) will be barred from promoting e-cigarettes on Instagram and other social media sites as a result of a ruling by the UK's advertising watchdog on Wednesday.

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New $12M Investment Expands Global Urban Health Network To 70 Cities

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $12 million reinvestment to expand Partnership for Healthy Cities.

New $12M Investment Expands Global Urban Health Network To 70 Cities

Cities taking on opioid crisis, poor nutrition, tobacco use and other leading causes of premature death and disease through the Partnership for Healthy Cities expansion.

Panel discussion at WHO’s Global Meeting on NCDs in Oman

The drivers of NCDs are embedded in politics and the economy and the environments people live in. NCDs are essentially a failure of effective public policy.

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