Publications Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention: Assessment Of Blood Lead Surveillance Capacity Maharashtra, India This report evaluated the policy landscape and public health infrastructure capacity to support a statewide childhood lead surveillance system in Maharashtra, India.
Campaigns Karnataka, India – Road Safety – Helmet: Consequences ‘Consequences’ features two brothers riding a motorcycle, illustrating the stark contrast between riding without a helmet and wearing one. This campaign highlights the potential consequences of not wearing a helmet while on a motorcycle.
Publications Index of Tobacco Control Sustainability (ITCS): India Subnational Tobacco Control A tool to measure the sustainability of tobacco control programs in cities and districts in India.
Campaigns India – Road Safety – The High Cost of Speeding: Story of Purushottama, Geethamma & Family The campaign aims to remind drivers to consider the devastating outcomes of speeding and to obey speed limits while driving.
Campaigns India – Road Safety – Speeding Can Cost a Family its Future: Story of Narkars This testimonial-style campaign - ‘Speeding Can Cost a Family its Future: Story of Narkars’, tells the true and heartbreaking story of a father whose 24-year-old son, Sagar, was killed as a result of his speeding.
Publications Tobacco Marketing and Football: A Losing Game Our new TERM study analyzes marketing instances on social media in Indonesia, India and Mexico leading up to and during the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar, to explore how the World Cup and football stars were used to promote tobacco.
Publications Protecting Youth From Online E-Cigarette Marketing: Findings From a New Study in India, Indonesia and Mexico Our new TERM study explores how and through which social media platforms e-cigarettes are marketed to consumers in three countries: India, Indonesia and Mexico. This brief has been developed to increase awareness of the key findings of this research.
Publications Hidden in Plain Sight: Surrogate Marketing of Tobacco Products on Social Media in India Digital media, including social media platforms, is becoming increasingly central to companies’ marketing strategies. Our new study uses data from the Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement (TERM) to uncover the “hidden” tobacco marketing on social media in India.
Press Room Vital Strategies India appoints L. M. Singh as Managing Director, India and Global Head, Partnerships and Innovative Finance As Managing Director, Mr. Singh will work to bring together public and private sectors to collaborate and develop novel models of financing mechanisms to support solutions to address key public health challenges.
Vital Stories Unhealthy and Unregulated: How Bidis Are Reaching Consumers Online Bidis outsell cigarettes in India by 8-to-1.