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Forbes: ‘The Invisible Shield’ Makes Public Health More VisibleAs Kelly Henning, MD, who is the Public Health Program Lead for Bloomberg Philanthropies and appears in the first episode of The Invisible Shield, explained, “The better public health works, the less likely you are to see it.” The tragic thing, though, is that this “invisible shield” has been crumbling for years, and most people can’t even see this...
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El Pais: Five inspiring cities and their exemplary efforts to deal with the silent urban killersMost measures to reduce consumption – the most effective being price hikes – are the responsibility of national governments, explains Kelly Henning, head of the Public Health program at Bloomberg Philanthropy. “But local authorities can implement very interesting interventions such as banning smoking in certain areas or advertising tobacco on city...
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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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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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Forbes: Cities Growing More Powerful And That May Be Good For YouBloomberg, who is the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Global Ambassador for NCDs, discussed with Margaret Chan, MD, who was the WHO's Director General at the time, the possibility of forming a network of cities around the world that would agree to implement interventions to prevent NCDs. As Kelly Henning, MD, who has led the Bloomberg Philanthr...
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The Washington Post: Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco’s biggest enemyKelly Henning, who leads public health efforts for Bloomberg Philanthropies, said in an interview that the new donation will help expand its previous work, such as getting countries to monitor tobacco use, introduce strong tobacco-control laws, and create mass media campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use. The program inclu...
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Forbes: 10 Years Later: Bloomberg’s Big Bet on Tobacco ReductionIt comes out to less than a dollar a person: Since 2006, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ investment of more than $600 million to reduce tobacco use has helped protect nearly 1.7 billion people from smoking’s health hazards, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. The bet—while risky—offered a strong opportunity for philanthropy to play a role. Des...
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The Guardian: Halve traffic accident deaths and injuries by 2020: can it be done?In Vietnam, for example, helmet-wearing increased from 40% to 95% within days of the government passing a requirement for motorcycle users to wear one, says Kelly Henning, director of public health programmes at Bloomberg Philanthropies. The organisation has committed $259m (£200m) to improve road safety.