Incubator projects

Together with our partners, we develop simple and scalable solutions to the deadliest health threats. Here are some that we're putting to the test now.

Health taxes

Taxes on tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and unhealthy foods make people healthier and fund important health programs.

Learn more about how RTSL supports health taxes

How we work

We strengthen primary healthcare by embedding public health functions for epidemic preparedness, enabling smarter care through digital and data systems, advancing chronic disease management, and securing sustainable financing.

Learn more about our approach

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Blood pressure control

Every year, 10m people die from hypertension – but we can change that.

How we’re controlling blood pressure

Epidemic prevention

Preventing epidemics costs governments and economies far less than responding to crises such as COVID-19. Through global collaboration and strategic resource allocation, we can find and stop outbreaks before they spread out of control.

How we’re preventing epidemics

Healthier food

We’re supporting countries to take on heart disease and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing salt and eliminating trans fat: the two deadliest dietary risk factors.

How we’re making food healthier

Other emerging topics

A new lab system closes a critical gap in Nigeria’s disease surveillance

July 30, 2026
Labs across Nigeria now have a real-time data management system that links to the national surveillance system, allowing outbreak data to flow quickly…

Dr. Tom Frieden: Busting 10 Myths About Health Taxes

May 15, 2026
In this op ed published in Think Global Health, Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, counters ten common 10 common misconceptions used to block healthy…

Dr. Tom Frieden, Amanda McClelland, and Francois Jung: Why Don’t Proven Health Interventions Reach People Who Need Them?

April 24, 2026
Dr. Tom Frieden and Resolve to Save Lives leaders argue that global health's most consequential blind spot is the gap between proven interventions and the delivery systems needed to reach…

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