Expert Q&A

Dr. Piedad Urdinola Contreras, Director of Colombia’s national statistics office, discusses how Colombia's civil registration data is used and what other countries can learn from Colombia's model.

Cedric Mbella, Vital Strategies' country coordinator for CRVS in Cameroon, discusses the importance of using CRVS data to improve public health.

Isabel Barbosa, Associate Director of the Health and Human Rights Initiative at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, discusses how law can be used to promote healthier food environments.

Vital Strategies spoke with Dr. Sheila Vakharia about her new book, The Harm Reduction Gap, and how we can help end the overdose crisis.

At the Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program, we recognize that the fight for sex workers’ rights, and our work to reduce fatal overdose and drug related harms, are inextricably tied and closely aligned with the goals and values of supporting those most affected by the criminalization of drug use.

Joan Sara Thomas, Data for Health Initiative, discusses how data can be used to promote gender equity.

David Jernigan, Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University, discusses the urgency of enacting alcohol policy.

Jacqui Drope, Director of RESET Alcohol, discusses the shift from tobacco to alcohol control work, and the parallels between the two.

This World TB Day, Vital Strategies joins the call to “Invest to End TB. Save Lives.”

Using media advocacy to generate earned media is an effective and cost-efficient way to advance tobacco control.