Campaigns Fortaleza, Brazil – Speeding – Respect the speed limit This campaign aired in Fortaleza, Brazil to warn about the dangers of speeding.
Campaigns China – Hypertension and Salt This campaign aired in China in 2019, warning people about the dangers of too much salt in their diet and the increased risk of hypertension and stroke.
Publications A review of media effects: implications for media coverage of air pollution and cancer Air pollution is responsible for 7 million global deaths annually, including from non-communicable diseases such as cancer. Given the media’s vital role in social and policy change, this article reviewed the existing literature on how the media portrays air pollution and the implications this coverage has on (1) perceived links between air pollution and cancer and (2) global action for cleaner air.
D4HDataImpact.org Resources As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health initiative, Vital Strategies’ Data Impact Program has made a range of resources available to government and other partners, to expand the use of data for enhanced public health policymaking.
Publications Improving coverage of civil registration and vital statistics, Bangladesh In 2016, the government of Bangladesh introduced a pilot project to create an effective system for registering deaths and determining their causes. Training community-based health workers, physicians, and coders were successful approaches to improve death registration completeness and availability of cause-of-death data.
Publications Legal and policy changes urgently needed to increase access to opioid agonist therapy in the United States The U.S. faces a public health crisis of opioid-related harm, the effects of which could be dramatically reduced through increased access to opioid agonist therapy with the medications methadone and buprenorphine. This commentary outlines immediate, concrete steps that federal, state, and local governments can take to change law from barrier to facilitator of evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder.
Campaigns Barbados – Food Policy – Tooth Decay This campaign explains how consumption of sugary drinks can add up over time and explains the consequences – tooth decay and type II diabetes.
Campaigns Colombia- Food Policy – Juice This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.
Campaigns Colombia – Food Policy – Snacks This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.
Campaigns Colombia – Food Policy – Cereal This campaign ran in Colombia, calling for clear nutrition labels for food products.