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US News & World Report: Noncommunicable diseases and road traffic injuries cause more than 80% of deaths globally. City leaders can help turn the tide.

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Cities Leading the Way

Increasingly, we see cities rising to societies’ biggest challenges—from climate change and road safety, to obesity and tobacco use. They are engines of change, able to move quickly to implement life-changing policies that affect great numbers of people.

Empowering Cities to Save Lives: A World Cities Day Conversation with Ariella Rojhani

In honor of this year's World Cities Day, we sat down with Ariella Rojhani, Director of the Partnership for Healthy Cities at Vital Strategies, to learn more about this global network of cities committed to saving lives through NCD and injury prevention.

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“With most of the world living in cities, bold action by urban leaders has greater potential to improve lives than ever before.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on World Cities Day.

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New Study Finds Syringe Access Programs Prevented Thousands of HIV Cases in Philadelphia and Baltimore, Saving Lives and Millions of Dollars

The study found syringe access programs averted 10,592 new cases of HIV in Philadelphia and 1,891 new cases of HIV in Baltimore over a ten-year period.

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The U.S. has stopped Ebola before. But it may never repeat that success.

The Washington Post: The deadliest outbreaks are in conflict zones, where civic institutions are collapsing.

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“Implementing strong warning labels on food packaging confirms that Mexico’s policymakers are serious about reducing the country’s obesity epidemic.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, congratulating Mexican policymakers on their decision to implement warning labels on food packaging.

Vital Stories

Spotlight: Research

Life-saving public health policies and programs need to be based on high-quality evidence. Vital Strategies has expertise in a broad range of research and evaluation methodologies, including multisite clinical trials, operational research, policy research, and program evaluations.

Vital Stories

Seven Questions with Olivier van Beemen, Award Winning Journalist and Author of “Heineken in Africa”

In contrast to the growing response to other drivers of noncommunicable diseases, too little attention has been paid to alcohol policy. As a result, it is left to the alcohol industry to drive how alcohol is regulated, viewed and consumed.

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Vital Strategies’ Quit Big Tobacco Campaign will be Featured at SXSW 2020

Vital Strategies announced today that its Quit Big Tobacco (QBT) campaign was selected to be a part of SXSW® 2020, which provides an influential platform to urge marketers to cut ties with the tobacco industry.

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