Spotlight

Nearly 5 trillion cigarettes are consumed each year, contributing to more than 8 million deaths and nearly US $2 trillion in economic damage. The Seventh Edition of the Tobacco Atlas finds slower progress in larger, poorer countries outweighing gains in many higher-income countries.

Vital Strategies recognizes that everyone, everywhere has a right to breathe clean air, eat healthy food, travel on safe roads, and be protected by public health policies that aim to prevent disease—not just treat it.

The term “women’s health” is often associated with maternal, sexual and reproductive health. But women’s health is shaped by so much more. It’s shaped by the environment we live in, the food we eat and the air we breathe. In short: women’s health is public health.

Vital Strategies launched the "Support Harm Reduction” campaign, an innovative national U.S. campaign to promote harm reduction at a pivotal moment in the overdose crisis.

Robust civil registration systems register every birth and death and assign causes of death. For individuals, these official records are crucial to unlocking social benefits such as education, health care and the right to vote. For policymakers, having comprehensive data that counts everyone provides a pathway to healthier populations and helping to ensure that no sector of society remains invisible.

The pandemic has made our expansive mission more critical than ever and has put a spotlight on the need for integrated, scaled and well-resourced public health.

Public Health is for everyone, by everyone. Our ambition is to build a future where public health is viewed as central to our daily lives. See how we are working to Reimagine Public Health.

World leaders gathered virtually and in person in New York for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Here are key takeaways from five leading public health issues we were following.

As world leaders gather for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, they are grappling with multiple emergencies, from COVID-19 to climate change. We look at five public health issues we are following closely.

A healthy future requires healthy children. But children face health risks from environmental hazards, including air pollution and lead exposure. Gains have been made in reducing childhood mortality and improving health, but there is still much work to be done, particularly when it comes to children’s environmental health. Photo: Larry Price, Indonesia.