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Forbes: How To Stop The Next Pandemic: WHO Director, Bloomberg Offer 7 DirectionsThe trouble is nowadays many people tend to have relatively short attention spans and memories. “This is a very important moment,” explained Kelly Henning, MD, who has led Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Health program since its inception in 2007. “It’s a moment when the public is paying attention to public health.”
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Follow the Data Podcast: How Buenos Aires, Argentina is Responding to COVID-19On this episode, Fernando Straface, the Secretary General and Secretary of Foreign Relations of the City of Buenos Aires, joins Dr. Kelly Henning – head of Bloomberg Philanthropies public health team. Together, they discuss how Buenos Aires is collaborating with other Latin American cities to coordinate coronavirus response, how the city government...
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Follow the Data Podcast: The Data Behind The PandemicAs the Director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Tom Inglesby and his team use research, data, and expert analysis to advise decision makers about public health practices to mitigate the effects of epidemics and disasters. In this episode, Dr. Inglesby sat down with Bloomberg Philanthropi...
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Follow the Data Podcast: How Freetown, Sierra Leone is Responding to COVID-19Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone spoke with Dr. Kelly Henning, who leads the public health program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, to discuss how Freetown is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, how global mayors are sharing information during the coronavirus crisis, and what’s keeping mayors hopeful right now.
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Follow the Data Podcast: Protect Kids: Fight Flavored E-CigarettesOn September 10th, 2019, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the creation of a new $160 million initiative to end the youth e-cigarette epidemic. The three-year program, called Protect Kids, is led by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which will partner with other leading organizations including parent and community groups concerned about the nati...
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Global Health Checkup: A New Era for Tobacco Control in MexicoBy Dr. Kelly Henning, Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health program lead In 2008, Mexico City became the largest city in the world to adopt a 100% smoke-free law, setting a tremendous global precedent for tobacco control policies. In 2011, with support from our partners, the federal government increased tobacco taxes to further protect the city’s...
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Expanding tobacco control measures to reach 5 billion peopleBy Dr. Kelly Henning, Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health team program lead Michael R. Bloomberg has long been focused on improving public health — during his time as New York City Mayor, in his work through his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and now in his role as the World Health Organization Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseas...
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Health Affairs: How Evidence Has Fueled Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Work In Tobacco ControlBy Dr. Kelly Henning and Dr. Jennifer Ellis When he became mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg picked tobacco control as one of the key issues on which he could have the biggest impact on public health. Immediately after taking office in 2002, the new mayor implemented science-based approaches to reducing tobacco use that were not yet commonl...
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Global Health Checkup: Optimism for Pakistan’s Continued Success in Reducing Tobacco UseBy Dr. Kelly Henning of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health team I was fortunate to meet in Dubai with our partners from across the globe working to combat the tobacco epidemic in Pakistan — a country where more than160,000 people die every year from tobacco-related diseases.
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Global Health Checkup: Tobacco Control and Road Safety in Indonesia and the PhilippinesBy Dr. Kelly Henning, Public Health program lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies Earlier this summer, I arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the middle of a drenching monsoon. In this part of the world, monsoons are common and fortunately don’t deter our partners at various government ministries and nonprofits from carrying on their life-saving work. I fo...