{"content":[{"text":"2021 Policy Priorities \n Vital Strategies envisions a world where every person is protected by a strong public \n health system. We work with governments across 73 countries to design and support \n scalable solutions to leading health problems. Often these problems are the most \n common drivers of death and disease but aren’t receiving the attention they deserve. \n Our work is driven by local partners and informed by country context, with a focus on \n evidence-based policy and regulatory strategies. Working this way, we believe we can \n make the greatest, most sustained difference among the largest number of people.","bbox":{"left":0.120952,"top":0.188653,"width":0.745528,"height":0.164125}},{"text":"Air Quality \n An estimated 90% of people in the world breathe unhealthy air. Our Environmental \n Health division is focused on assessing and reducing the negative health effects of air \n pollution. We urge city and national governments to: \n • Rapidly and economically assess local sources of air pollution and develop \n management plans to more rapidly improve air quality; \n • Scale up access to clean household fuels, public transit infrastructure and other \n interventions that reduce emissions; and lead to health benefits; \n • Develop evidence-based public and strategic communication messages about air \n quality and its health effects.","bbox":{"left":0.120952,"top":0.410138,"width":0.7567170000000001,"height":0.2048359999999999}},{"text":"Alcohol Policy \n Although the harmful use of alcohol is responsible for 3 million deaths a year, it \n is inadequately countered with public health solutions. High-impact strategies \n that reduce harmful use result in declines in death, disease, suicide, homicide, \n physical abuse and disability. Government priorities should align with World Health \n Organization’s (WHO) technical action package, the SAFER initiative, which calls for: \n • Strengthening restrictions on alcohol availability; \n • Advancing and enforcing drink driving countermeasures; \n • Facilitating access to screening, brief interventions and treatment; \n • Enforcing bans or comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship, \n and promotion; and \n • Raising prices on alcohol through taxes and pricing policies.","bbox":{"left":0.120952,"top":0.634989,"width":0.7525040000000001,"height":0.24047099999999988}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}