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NYC trans fat ban

Eliminating trans fat: Only your heart will know the difference

Dr. Tom Frieden explains how New York City successfully banned trans fat and became a model for eliminating this toxic food additive. 

Simplified hypertension control indicators

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Screenshot from "One Penny, One Pill" video on cost of hypertension control

Watch: “One penny, one pill.” That’s all it costs to control high blood pressure.

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Governments, funders, and the private sector can improve access to blood pressure medicines for as little as one penny per pill.
Cover image for RTSL advocacy one pager on access to medicines for hypertension by RTSL

Providing the medicines patients need to control high blood pressure

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Why medicine access remains a barrier to many living with high blood pressure and how governments and donors can help bridge the gap and keep blood pressure under control.
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Front-of-package labeling systems

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Only one system is proven to improve food choices: Mandatory nutrient warning labels.

Healthy revenue: Four taxes, three wins

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Health taxes on these four harmful products can generate much-needed revenue, improve population health, and reduce health care costs.
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Lower-sodium salt substitutes: Frequently asked questions

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Answers to common questions about lower-sodium salt substitutes.
illustration of a woman shopping at the supermarket

Policy brief: Front-of-package warning labels give consumers the freedom to choose healthy

GHAI, Resolve to Save Lives
Use this brief to learn how to adopt FOPL polices and implement nutrient profile models – the foundation for FOPLs that work.

9 million lives saved and counting

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Heart health partnerships between 2018 and 2023 will result in 9 million fewer deaths worldwide. This report details how.

A research agenda for urban health security

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
We outline ten key themes for strengthening health security in urban environments, allowing cities to better prevent, detect, respond to and recover from health threats.
COVER: Fourth Time a Charm?—Howto Make the UN High-LevelMeeting on Noncommunicable Diseases Effective George Alleyne, MD; Awa Marie Coll-Seck, MD; Thomas R. Frieden, MD; Chris Tufton, DBA

Fourth time a charm?—How to make the UN high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases effective

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Dr. Tom Frieden and colleagues outline the interventions governments can adopt now to save lives from NCDs.

Trans fat elimination: Maximizing lives saved through policy implementation and enforcement

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Resolve to Save Lives’ guidance for enforcing best-practice trans fat elimination policies.

Managing cardiovascular disease with WHO HEARTS

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A high-level overview of WHO’s HEARTS technical package for controlling high blood pressure and managing cardiovascular disease.
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Webinar: using data on packaged food to drive policy change and save lives

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Global nutrition experts discuss how data on packaged food contents can support policy change and create healthier food environments.
Screen shot of cover of Resolve to Save Live's infographic summarizing the World Health Organization's Guideline for the Use of Low-Sodium salt alternatives

WHO recommends lower-sodium, potassium-enriched salt in place of table salt

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WHO’s recommendation to use low-sodium salt, why it matters, and what it means for countries 
Implementation of Global Hearts Hypertension Control Programs in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Implementation of Global Hearts Hypertension Control Programs in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Andrew E. Moran, ET AL.

Lower sodium, longer lives

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Sodium reduction is the single most important dietary intervention for improving heart health and saving lives

Guidelines for Media Planning 

Vital Strategies

FOPWL regulations around the globe

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Reducing Demand for Unhealthy Food: Resources

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Advocacy Action Guide Four Phases to Health Policy Success

Global health Advocacy Incubator

7-1-7: rapid improvement for early disease detection and response

7-1-7 Alliance
An introduction to the 7-1-7 target, its uses, and how it complements existing tools and assessments.

7-1-7 for Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation

7-1-7 Alliance

Advocacy as easy as 7-1-7

7-1-7 Alliance

Continuous improvement with 7-1-7

7-1-7 Alliance

Why 7-1-7? The evidence behind the global target for containing epidemic threat

7-1-7 Alliance

Overview of the 7-1-7 Alliance

7-1-7 Alliance

Factsheet for DHIS2 for Hypertension & Diabetes Programs

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DHI2’s new tracker integrates hypertension and diabetes care for large-scale NCD programs in a digital health care solutions that’s practical, sustainable, cost-effective, and easy to train.

Protéger le Personnel de Santé: Il est Urgent D’agir

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Letter to Congressional Leaders

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