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Viet Nam Debuts First National Salt Reduction Mass Media Campaign

More than 1 in 4 deaths in Viet Nam are linked to consuming too much salt.

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Pennsylvania to Allow Naloxone to Be Obtained by Mail in Effort to Reduce Overdose Deaths

Vital Strategies Applauds Health Secretary’s Life-Saving Strategy as Overdose Deaths Nationally Hit Record 72,000 in 2019 and are Rising due to COVID in 2020

Press Mentions

‘A Pandemic Upon an Epidemic.’ Syringe Services Struggle to Provide Care to Those Battling Drug Addiction Amid COVID-19

Time: As the pandemic continues, the nation’s drug overdose crisis appears to be worsening.

Vital Stories

Vital Around the World: Meet Pedro de Paula, Director of Vital Strategies’ Brazil Office

Pedro de Paula has led Vital Strategies’ Brazil office since its inception in 2017. As country director, he has played a vital role in establishing and growing the office, team and Vital Strategies’ breadth of work in the region.

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“Strong health information frameworks lay the foundation for a thriving health system.”

Vital Strategies is a partner on the newly-awarded USAID Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) Program. CHISU will strengthen host-country capacity and leadership—creating ways to heighten self-reliance and leverage high-quality health information systems.

Expert Q&A

Vital Strategies Releases Guidance to Reduce Both COVID-19 and Overdose Deaths: Q&A with Daliah Heller

Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives at Vital Strategies discusses how COVID-19 has impacted people who use drugs and how states can encourage harm reduction during the pandemic.

Spotlight

Spotlight: COVID’s Toll Beyond the Pandemic

The strength of our world’s public health systems can be best measured by the well-being of those who are the least protected—whether because of systematic drivers of inequity like poverty or racism, or structural issues that drive lack of access to care, or some combination. COVID-19 has centered these inequities as never before, increasing ill health beyond infectious disease and driving death and disease in other areas. Vital Strategies works in cities and countries where the need is highest and where we can make the greatest impact—and we do not turn away from multilayered challenges. We specialize in creating solutions to problems at a national and global scale.

Vital Stories

A Dream Come True: Pairing Art with Public Health to Save Lives in Philadelphia

A new partnership between the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Mural Arts Philadelphia—with support from the Partnership for Healthy Cities—successfully launched an eye-catching platform for a public art campaign that promotes safe physical distancing and COVID-19 prevention.