UPVHA carries out lobbying and advocacy on a number of issues:

• National health policy
• Rational drug policy
• Hazards of tobacco and gutkha
• Occupational health hazards
• Promotion of positive health
• Disposal of bio-medical wastes

Lobbying and advocacy interventions on bio-medical wastes in Lucknow city have brought in policy and management changes as a result of which concern and accountability have increased.