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WHO Sodium Report

Sodium reduction policies could save 7 million lives by 2030

The 7-1-7 Alliance is a new country-led, global partnership to improve health security

February 22, 2023

RTSL Welcomes New Board Members

February 15, 2023

Mexico’s unanimous vote to ban trans fat

February 10, 2023

Egypt’s new policy banning trans fat could save more than one million lives over the next 25 years

January 30, 2023

Five billion people unprotected from trans fat, leading to heart disease and deaths

January 23, 2023

New Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods

December 15, 2022

Webinar: How the 7-1-7 Approach Improves Epidemic Preparedness and Response

December 9, 2022

Health security bulletin helps coordinate epidemic preparedness in Ethiopia

December 7, 2022

Reducing heart disease deaths in Indonesia

November 21, 2022

An interactive guide to help people navigate COVID-19 risk

November 17, 2022

Implementing and Enforcing Trans Fat Elimination Policies

October 18, 2022

Celebrating Epidemics that Didn't Happen

October 11, 2022

New DHIS2 Hypertension Control Package

September 29, 2022

India Hypertension Control Initiative recognized nationally and internationally

September 28, 2022

India is on the way to gaining independence from its biggest killer, cardiovascular disease

September 13, 2022

Campaigns build vaccine confidence in Rwanda and Uganda

August 19, 2022

An "80-80-80" target for global blood pressure control

High Blood Pressure in Bangladesh Can Be Better Controlled for Less than US$10 per Patient per Year

Health care worker training at scale: Reflections from COVID-19

Highlighting the linkages between health care worker safety and epidemic preparedness

Improving IPC in Zimbabwe

“Voices” of Long COVID Stress the Urgency of COVID-19 Vaccination

RTSL India team hosts technical consultation with cardiovascular health partners

Strengthening Epidemic Preparedness at the Country Level

Celebrating advances in blood pressure control in Ethiopia

Under Pressure: Strategies to improve access to medicines to treat high blood pressure in low- and middle- income countries

Getting Shots Into Arms: A Vaccine Equity Strategy in North Carolina

Providing fast, flexible funds to shorten time to respond to disease threats in Nigeria

Strengthening Investments in Nigeria’s Epidemic Preparedness

Health Care Worker Advocacy Course

February 24, 2022

U.S. COVID Response Team — Farewell Video

February 24, 2022

Video - There's a silent killer in your food

February 23, 2022

Delayed Finalization of Sodium Targets in the US May Cost 250,000 Lives by 2031

February 22, 2022

Expanding Quality-Assured COVID-19 Testing Capacity Across Africa

February 21, 2022

New Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health Announced

January 12, 2022

New report on COVID-19 in Africa shows widespread willingness to get vaccinated, underscoring need for consistent supply and additional logistical support

December 16, 2021

Health Care Worker Profiles Spotlight the Human Impact of Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control

December 14, 2021

Over 1.4 Billion People Now Covered by Best Practice Trans Fat Elimination Policies

December 7, 2021

Improving the Ability to Test for Yellow Fever: A Low-Cost, Country-Led Intervention in Nigeria

November 23, 2021

Campaigning to increase public awareness of long COVID and vaccine uptake

November 16, 2021

Latest PERC briefs illustrate the impact of COVID-19 in Africa

November 9, 2021

Six steps for scaling up national hypertension programs

November 4, 2021

Removing barriers to vaccinating the world against COVID-19

November 1, 2021

#BeatThePressure campaign launches to improve hypertension control around the world

October 20, 2021

COVID-19 Calculator Used in WHO Analysis

October 14, 2021

Low sodium salt could save millions of lives

October 10, 2021

Celebrating World Heart Day 2021

September 29, 2021

Doorstep medicine delivery for high-risk patients in India during COVID-19 lockdowns

September 21, 2021

LINKS Community launches Public Funds for Healthy Foods Campaign

September 14, 2021

Real-time data to inform decision-making about maintaining health services in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic

September 13, 2021

PERC: COVID-19 Tiered PHSM Framework for Africa

August 26, 2021

WHO releases new, lifesaving hypertension guideline

August 25, 2021

The evidence for an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for the immunocompromised

August 20, 2021

The Delta Variant and Beyond: Learning to Live With Covid

August 17, 2021

Grants awarded to three organizations championing trans fat elimination advocacy

How Real-Time Adaptations To Medical Supply Chains Improved Nigeria’s COVID-19 Response

The Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on the Public Health Workforce

ImagineLaw champions successful healthy food procurement policy in Quezon City, Philippines

After 2020, pandemic preparedness budget cuts should be unthinkable

Philippines issues administrative order to eliminate industrially produced trans fats

COVID-19 and schools amidst vaccines and variants

7-1-7: an organizing principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics

Long COVID Survey Report

New resources on blood pressure treatment availability in India

Third round of LINKS grants awarded to 9 winners

Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Four-Part Framework to Promote Access, Acceptance, and Equity

The Future of Global Health Security: Lessons Learned from Preparedness and Response

Taking on hypertension in Nigeria

Supporting health care workers to promote service continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

In it for the Long Haul: More Questions than Answers on the Lasting Health Effects of COVID-19

Strengthening Primary Healthcare for Increasing Population Health Resilience

Highlighting the importance of health care workers

To prevent a catastrophic third wave of COVID-19 in Africa, look at data to drive the response

Taming the World’s Leading Killer: High Blood Pressure

Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce

COVID-19 in Africa: Are reported cases and deaths only the eyes of the hippo?

Statement by Dr. Tom Frieden on the Biden Administration’s Announcement to Donate COVID-19 Vaccines

New lives saved calculator models the impact of cardiovascular health interventions

New report on COVID-19 in Africa shows impact of COVID-19 on African continent has been underestimated

New Global Sodium Benchmarks for Different Food Categories

Epidemics That Didn’t Happen

Senegal makes the case for investing in epidemic preparedness and response

How genomic surveillance helps us understand SARS-CoV-2

Former CDC chief: Think diners, dentists and dollar stores. Make COVID vaccines easy to get.

New research shows impact of heart disease prevention in low- and middle-income settings

Request for Proposals Open – Trans Fat Advocacy Mini Grants

Statement from Dr. Tom Frieden on Global Trans Fat Elimination Progress

New Online Course on Global Sodium Reduction Strategies

Why Even Well Prepared Countries Failed the Pandemic Test

India's National Low Salt Cooking Challenge

Sri Lanka Ministry of Health announces new hypertension management program

Salt Awareness Week 2021

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Leveraging legal advancements to slow COVID-19 in Togo

Now or Never

February 26, 2021

How to Become the Public Health President

February 19, 2021

Mass media campaign on salt reduction launched in Ethiopia

February 18, 2021

Dr. Tom Frieden joins U.S. News Instagram Live to talk COVID-19 Vaccine

February 16, 2021

Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?

February 16, 2021

Indicators for Tracking US COVID-19 Vaccination

February 2, 2021

Food Fight: Fighting for Healthier Food is a Life-or-Death Struggle

February 1, 2021

India’s National Low Salt Cooking Challenge

February 1, 2021

LINK webinar: Salt Wars

January 29, 2021

New Interactive COVID-19 Tracker and US County-Specific Guidance

January 28, 2021

African countries show why leadership matters in pandemic response

January 27, 2021

Statement on the US inauguration

January 20, 2021

Protecting Health Care Workers: A Need for Urgent Action

January 13, 2021

Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet

January 12, 2021

Artisans on the Front Lines: PPE Production in Kenya

December 9, 2020

How to Handle the Covid-19 Vaccine Breakthrough the Right Way

December 5, 2020

WHO announces first-ever certificate program for trans fat elimination

November 18, 2020

Nigeria Hypertension Control Initiative launched in two states

November 17, 2020

Despite Improvement, Most Essential COVID-19 Data Still Not Available for U.S. States

November 16, 2020

Disruption to essential health services in Africa during COVID-19

November 13, 2020

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

October 30, 2020

Why we need to eliminate artificial trans fat from the world’s food supply to save lives

October 19, 2020

Six Steps for Scaling Up Effective Hypertension Management

October 17, 2020

More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food

October 7, 2020

Secondary impacts of COVID-19 in Africa

September 24, 2020

US marks 200,000 deaths from COVID-19

September 24, 2020

New Study: Hypertension Management Cost-Effective in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

September 21, 2020

New Special Section in Journal of Clinical Hypertension Authored by Investigators from Low- and Middle-Income Countries Fills Gap in Cardiovascular Health Research

August 27, 2020

Promoting mask-wearing

August 27, 2020

Priority Actions to Advance Population Sodium Reduction

August 24, 2020

Viet Nam Debuts First National Salt Reduction Mass Media Campaign

August 19, 2020

Modernizing Laws to Enable Public Health Action in Gambia

August 14, 2020

#WearAMask

August 14, 2020

Beyond COVID-19: Nigeria’s Efforts to Balance the Pandemic Response

Fighting COVID-19 on the Airwaves and in the Markets: Coordinated Campaigns for Protective Behaviors

New Grantees in Four Countries Will Save Lives by Improving Diets

Training the Trainers to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission in Liberia

Most of United States Not Reporting Essential COVID-19 Data

Getting Eyes on Coronavirus in Mauritania

During a Pandemic, Addressing Another Leading Killer

Health and Education Experts Weigh in on How Schools Can Maximize Health and Safety as They Look to Reopen

Addressing Complex Challenges Through Training and Preparation in DRC

Serving COVID-19 Information with a Side of Entertainment

Protecting Health Care Workers

Preparation is the Key: Ghana Takes on COVID-19

New Contact Tracing Playbook Supports US Efforts to Contain COVID-19

Metrics That Matter

New COVID-19 Risk Communication Hub

Revealing the Toll of COVID-19

COVID alert system unveiled

4 Key Steps for COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Lockdown Is a Blunt Tool. We Have a Sharper One.

New Report Provides African Governments Real-Time Information and Guidance to Find the Balance in COVID-19 Response

New video: Stopping the spread of COVID-19 in Africa

Past, current and future COVID-19 infections: the size of the iceberg and what tests can and can’t tell us

Weekly COVID-19 Science Review: April 11-17

New: COVID-19 Playbook for Decision-Makers

‘Box It In’: Next Steps for Reopening Society

Statement on Vitamin D

Adaptive Response Press Briefing

Urging Global Health Security Investment

Global Health Minute: Coronavirus

COVID-19 and Chronic Diseases

The World is Not Ready for a COVID-19 Pandemic

What You Can Do Right Now to Avoid Heart Disease

February 22, 2020

A New and Improved LINKS Toolkit

February 12, 2020

Supporting responsible coverage of coronavirus in the media

February 10, 2020

Simple wins “Best in Show” at the IxDA Awards

February 7, 2020

PreventEpidemics.org Offers Updates on Novel Coronavirus

February 4, 2020

Coronavirus Shows Need for Investment in Epidemic Preparedness

January 30, 2020

Urging the food industry to stop use of deadly trans fat by 2023

January 14, 2020

Call for healthy food procurement proposals!

January 10, 2020

The good, the bad, and the ugly in global health in 2019

December 29, 2019

Pass less salt and when you pass it, make it potassium salt

December 18, 2019

Brazil passes best practice trans fat limits

December 17, 2019

Call for submissions:Epidemics that Didn’t Happen 2019

December 6, 2019

Leveraging World Bank Funding for Epidemic Preparedness

November 18, 2019

LINKS grants for heart health in 18 countries

November 7, 2019

Writing skills for CVH research

October 30, 2019

PreventEpidemics.org Launches in French

October 17, 2019

The Story of the Simple app in India

October 10, 2019

Community Outreach to Reduce Salt

September 23, 2019

Lessons from Expanding Global Blood Pressure Control

September 23, 2019

First-of-its-kind Salt Reduction Campaign Launches in China

September 2, 2019

Protecting the world from infectious disease threats: now or never

August 31, 2019

Liberia Steps Up Commitment to Epidemic Preparedness

August 21, 2019

Uganda Debuts First National Action Plan for Health Security

August 21, 2019

Strengthening Outbreak Response in Nigeria

August 11, 2019

New Plan to Reduce NCDs in Nigeria Targets High Blood Pressure

Ethiopia Launches Hypertension Program

Expanding Blood Pressure Care in India

WHO Endorses Simpler Drug Treatment for Blood Pressure

100 Joint External Evaluations Completed

Risk Communications for Epidemic Prevention

Training of Trainers in Ethiopia

Advancing Trans Fat Elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean

Global Health Security 2019 Conference in Sydney

PreventEpidemics.org - From Data to Action

Shandong Hypertension Management Initiative

Global Health Forum of the Boao Forum for Asia

How to Save 100 Million Lives Through Improved Heart Health

The Not-Flashy, Essential Part of Outbreak Preparedness and Response

There’s a limited window to make America safer from epidemics

Meet the Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness (PMEP) class

Why it's time for a total ban on trans fat – the 'tobacco of nutrition'

New resources in the fight against trans fat

World Health Assembly in Geneva

Prioritizing the Contingency Fund for health emergencies in Uganda

Engaging industry on trans fat elimination

Improving Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness

Practical treatment protocols improve hypertension management

Tracking implementation of Nigeria’s National Action Plan for Health Security

Assessing Yellow Fever preparedness in Nigeria

Supporting Vietnam’s national hypertension program

Salt reduction in Chinese schools

Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness training course begins

LINKS Community grant recipients announced

Africa Health Agenda International Conference

Cardiovascular Health Partner Meeting

Rwanda prepares for Ebola

New voluntary salt reduction targets in Turkey

February 27, 2019

Global NCD gathering in Bangkok

January 30, 2019

Lessons from the field in Thailand

January 30, 2019

Uganda prepares its borders for potential Ebola cases

January 17, 2019

Highlighting the burden of untreated hypertension

December 18, 2018

Momentum growing to eliminate trans fat

December 18, 2018

Nigeria launches action plan for health security

December 17, 2018

Caribbean Public Health Agency improves epidemic preparedness

December 14, 2018

New partnership with Shandong province

December 7, 2018

Experts agree on statement of preparedness for public health emergencies

December 4, 2018

Ethiopia launches salt reduction program

November 29, 2018

First-of-its kind PSA launches in India

November 28, 2018

Highlighting lessons from past epidemics

November 28, 2018

Addressing Epidemic Preparedness at Kenya Workshop

November 15, 2018

“The Perfect Storm” for the next epidemic

November 5, 2018

Simple gets an open source brand

October 29, 2018

Inaugural LINKS webinar

October 26, 2018

Tanzania prepares for Ebola

October 23, 2018

Global discussion on trans fat surveillance standards

October 20, 2018

Supporting health security improvements in Liberia

October 16, 2018

From data to action

October 3, 2018

Improving blood pressure control in China

September 27, 2018

Dr. Tom Frieden on Access to NCD Treatment and Care

September 25, 2018

Controlling Hypertension: A Pathfinder for Universal Health Coverage

September 24, 2018

Fixed-dose combinations for hypertension

September 7, 2018

ICEID conference in Atlanta

August 27, 2018

Dr Marc Jaffe co-authored an article in JAMA

August 14, 2018

African Field Epidemiology Network

Viet Nam

Progress in Viet Nam

"Simple" app piloted in Punjab

PreventEpidemics.org

Hypertension work in China

2018 World Health Assembly

Make the world trans fat free by 2023

REPLACE launched

NAPHS in Nigeria

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