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Follow the Data Podcast Episode 10: The role of countries in the global tobacco crisisAs the World Health Organization and people around the globe celebrate World No Tobacco Day, we invite you to join us for part two of our series on tobacco control. Over the last ten years the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use has successfully supported 59 countries in passing laws or policies, reaching nearly 3.5 billion people and saving...
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CollegePoint Insight: How a virtual college advisor’s inspiration led Oklahoma student to USCBy Ca Dao Duong, CollegePoint participant I came to America in 2009 when I was 11-years-old. For me and my parents, college was always an eventuality — there was no other acceptable path. Unfortunately, three months after we arrived in California, my family had to move to Oklahoma to find jobs. I remember thinking to myself, “I didn’t come to Ameri...
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WHO Report Outlines Ten Ways to Prevent DrowningBy Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Team To help put better data and context behind this leading cause of death, Bloomberg Philanthropies helped fund a new World Health Organization study The Global Report on Drowning; Preventing a Leading Killer. Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patricia E. Harris and Dr. Kelly Henning of the Foundation’s public...
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Would You Smoke These?By Sarah England, Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Team If your answer is “no,” you’re not alone. Research shows shocking images that provoke an emotional response are the most effective at motivating smokers to quit. That’s why Bloomberg Philanthropies and our partners work so hard to push governments to make them mandatory on every tobacco...