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With the majority of the world’s population now living in cities, urban centers are uniquely positioned to make vital health care improvements at scale, through data collection, infrastructure changes, mass media to influence policy and behavior change and more.

In a rapidly urbanizing world, the built environment of cities and social factors can greatly affect vector habitat and the risk of vector-borne disease transmission.

Vital Strategies has held a four-day anti-tobacco industry social media advocacy workshop in Indonesia, with advocates learning how to create effective campaigns to counter the industry’s practices.

Medellin, Cali and Bogota sent food policy experts to a Partnership for Healthy Cities workshop last week to pick up tips from Vital Strategies and from each other about dealing with soaring obesity problems—especially among children.

Vital Strategies joined our partners in health and human rights in denouncing the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador through a joint statement. Shortly afterwards, the appointment was revoked.