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Former CDC Director’s New Effort to Tackle Global Health Issues

CBS News: We are determined to prevent millions of deaths from cardiovascular disease and epidemics, with a focus on accelerating action through speed, simplicity, and scale in low- and middle-income countries.

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Mass media obesity prevention campaign to warn Jamaicans about the harms of sugary drinks

Vital Strategies congratulates the Government of Jamaica’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) on the launch of a new anti-obesity campaign, “Are you drinking yourself sick?”

Remarks given at Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB

What practical issues need to be addressed in order for the National TB control Programme to be more involved in tobacco control?

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Opinion: The Achille’s Heel of the Sustainable Development Goals is a Lack of Data

Devex: Goalkeepers is worthy and necessary, but without the ability to conduct accurate, timely, and robust progress measurement, this effort and the SDGs have an unaddressed Achilles heel. In other words, the SDGs need “Scorekeepers” to complement the work of the “Goalkeepers.”

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Ulaanbaatar Buckles Up, and Cali and Medellín Take on Obesity at School

The capital of Mongolia and two of Colombia’s biggest cities announced their Partnership for Healthy Cities initiatives last week, publicizing their commitments to improving the health of their cities over the coming months under the Bloomberg Philanthropies project, which Vital Strategies is helping to implement.

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Vital Strategies commends Cape Town on new anti-obesity initiative

The initiative will help reduce the accessibility to sugary drinks within all City of Cape Town-controlled buildings, and a media campaign encouraging people to reduce their consumption.

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On World Diabetes Day, Vital Strategies Urges Governments To Accelerate Work to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

We support the International Diabetes Federation’s call for more affordable and equitable access to medicines and technologies, education and information for those living with or at risk for diabetes.

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Fighting Obesity to Reduce the Prevalence of Diabetes

On World Diabetes Day, we join the International Diabetes Federation and other partners to raise awareness and accelerate progress on the diabetes epidemic and the spread of obesity around the world.

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City creates Partnership for Health Cities Lonwabo Marele

IOL: To commemorate International Diabetes Day today, the City of Cape Town announced the launch of Partnership for Health Cities, a public awareness campaign to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the city.

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Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, based on new guidelines

CNN: Almost half of all Americans -- 46% -- are now considered to be in the high blood pressure category based on new guidelines released Monday.

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