More than 18 million people die each year from heart attacks and strokes

More than 18 million people die each year from heart attacks and strokes

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Resolve to Save Lives works to end preventable death from cardiovascular disease. Few global health organizations work in cardiovascular health, and fewer still work across both prevention and treatment.

There is a tremendous amount of work to be done—with limited political attention and scarce funding. Heart health hasn’t yet benefitted from the focused global action that has led to big improvements in infectious disease control.

Despite these barriers, we’ve supported our partners to save more than 7.5 million lives (and counting) since 2018 by focusing on three high impact interventions:

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Together, these three strategies can save 100 million lives globally by 2050.

How we work

Resolve to Save Lives provides technical assistance and targeted investment to governments, civil society and technical partners to help countries improve the heart health of their people.

We work with global and local partners to develop cardiovascular disease prevention programs based on current evidence-based practices that address the needs of the population and the health system. Our global partners include the World Health Organization, John’s Hopkins University, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Pan American Health Organization.

Most deaths from cardiovascular disease are in low- and middle-income countries–so that’s where we focus our attention.

Tools to take action

Explore our resource libraries for Hypertension Control, Sodium Reduction and Trans Fat Elimination.

WHERE WE WORK: CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Our Latest Work

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Adding statins to hypertension and diabetes care can address disparities and improve patient outcomes

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For WSJ, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden talks nutrition in the U.S. and beyond

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Meet GIFNA – WHO’s upgraded nutrition policy database

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Colombia protects 52 million people from toxic trans fat

Colombia passes a new policy to protect its people from toxic trans fat, joining global effort for elimination by 2025.…

RTSL trans fat experts speak out

Trans fat elimination webinar features experts from Resolve to Save Lives and outlines steps to remove this harmful food additive.…
Senior Vice President for Prevent Epidemics at Resolve to Save Lives, Amanda McClelland, announces new $10 million pledge to WHO to combat heart disease and save millions of lives at 2024 World Health Summit in Berlin

Big news from the World Health Summit: a new pledge to improve global heart health

Resolve to Save Lives pledges $10 million to WHO to combat heart disease and save millions of lives.…

Cardiovascular Health

Trans Fat Elimination