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Pesquisa inédita mostra os impactos negativos da pandemia na saúde da população brasileira

Dados nacionais e das cinco regiões do país mostram mudanças de hábitos durante a pandemia que aumentam os riscos de diabetes, câncer e doenças cardiovasculares e respiratórias crónicas.

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Vital Strategies and UNICEF Win the WHO Western Pacific Innovation Challenge for Their Work on Children’s Environmental Health Indicators

Vital Strategies and UNICEF were named winners of the World Health Organization Western Pacific Innovation Challenge: Innovation for the Future of Public Health, in the category of Healthy Environments and Populations, for their work on Children's Environmental Health Indicators.

Vital Stories

Toolkits To Help #EndOverdose

Here are six toolkits that Vital Strategies has created to help advance public health responses to the overdose crisis in the United States.

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5 Black Harm Reductionists You Should Know

Here are five Black harm reductionists who are paving the way.

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President Biden Releases Drug Control Plan With Unprecedented Emphasis on Harm Reduction

President Biden is right to prioritize harm reduction in his national drug control strategy. Without funding from Congress and states for harm reduction that matches the scale of this crisis, we won’t reverse the escalating tragedy of overdose in this country.

Vital Stories

How Champions in Four Countries Are Working Toward #CountingEveryone

To build a more inclusive and healthier world, it’s time to start #CountingEveryone.

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How a Social and Traditional Media Campaign Catalyzed Government Action on Tobacco Control in Senegal

A new case study and evaluation paper look at how widespread social and traditional media campaigns, which were launched in Senegal in 2013, built momentum and public support for advancing tobacco control and catalyzed government action on a bill that had been languishing in Parliament for years.

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Statement from José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies on Today’s Landmark Meeting in Accra, Ghana

Today’s announcement of a Global Compact on NCDs and a new presidential council on NCDs is a promising step to address what has been the major barrier to more people living longer, healthier lives: adequate funding and attention to NCDs.

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7 Grocery Items So Unhealthy They Should Come With This Warning

Eat This, Not That!: Trish Cotter, Senior Advisor and Global Lead of the Food Policy Program at Vital Strategies, discusses ultra-processed foods and the need for warning labels.

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Riksum Kazi, Security and Operations Manager

Riksum Kazi’s work week never ends. On weekdays, he’s the Security and Operations Manager at Vital Strategies. On the weekends, he responds to crises, as the Disaster Action Team Program Lead in New Jersey for the American Red Cross.

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