Resource Library

Tools and Toolkits

University of Washington, Resolve to Save Lives

Models how many lives could be saved in countries around the world by scaling up hypertension control and reducing salt consumption by the year 2040

Pan American Health Organization

The WHO/PAHO Protocol for Population Level Sodium Determination in 24-hour Urine Samples guides countries in conducting surveys to estimate dietary salt intake, offering support for planning, staff training, data collection, and result dissemination to advance salt reduction initiatives

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Centralized location for industry alerts, policy briefs, and reports to help organizations stay up-to-date on the ultra-processed food and beverage industry.

Global health Advocacy Incubator

Guide developed by the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) to provide public health advocates with strategies, case studies, and lessons from over 40 countries to plan, organize, and implement effective advocacy for health policy outcomes.

World Cancer Research Fund

The NOURISHING database, built on the NOURISHING policy framework, offers a comprehensive set of policies to guide policymakers, researchers, and civil society in promoting healthy diets and combating obesity and NCDs across ten key action areas.

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Pan American Health Organization

Virtual course developed by PAHO aiming to strengthen capacity to design and advance effective regulatory policies that reduce the demand for and offer of ultra-processed and processed products to prevent obesity and diet-related NCDs in the Region of the Americas.

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World Health Organization

WHO report assessing global progress in implementing sodium reduction policies, providing insights by country, region, and income group to guide future actions for reducing sodium intake and improving cardiovascular health.

Resolve to Save Lives

This two-page factsheet outlines the key takeaways from the full guide, Guide for Management of Overdue Patients with Hypertension, and is designed as a resource for staff in your hypertension clinic.

 

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Resolve to Save Lives

The ultimate goal of a successful hypertension program is to improve blood pressure control at the population level. Establishing regular data review meetings to review program progress using the HEARTS360 dashboard can enhance decision-making and build a culture of quality and accountability for large-scale hypertension programs. Use the following four steps to identify, address, and track barriers to blood pressure control within your hypertension program.

 

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Resolve to Save Lives

Program managers of large-scale hypertension programs can use the evidence-based interventions outlined in this new resource from Resolve to Save Lives to better track and manage patients overdue for a visit—and return them to care.

 

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Resolve to Save Lives

In this new guide from Resolve to Save Lives, large-scale hypertension programs can better find patients who are overdue for a health visit and bring them back to care. Reducing loss to follow-up is a leading way to improve hypertension control and reduce deaths from heart attacks and strokes. Phone calls, text messages, and home visits keep patients retained in treatment.

Program managers can use this resource to support their staff to track and manage overdue patients and successfully get them the care they need.

 

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Resolve to Save Lives

Playbook with step-by-step guidance for creating an effective digital tool for hypertension management and other chronic disease programs

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World Health Organization, Resolve to Save Lives

Toolkit for communications and advocacy activities to accelerate the adoption of trans fat elimination policies, including social media resources and customizable templates

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Resolve to Save Lives

This framework summarizes the recommended components of a comprehensive dietary sodium reduction program, and provides links to existing implementation tools, examples of successful programs and other resources.

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Resolve to Save Lives

Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with practical steps for countries to develop and implement best practice trans fat elimination policies

Resolve to Save Lives

Executive summary of Resolve to Save Lives’ toolkit to help HIV control programs incorporate a patient-centered approach to hypertension care

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Resolve to Save Lives

A practical guide to a patient-centered approach to integrating hypertension and HIV care using differentiated service delivery

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Vital Strategies

Step-by-step guide to developing front-of-package labels

World Health Organization

A support package to help countries in the European region to initiate or accelerate efforts towards population sodium reduction

A communication guide for patients, nurses, and school staff that features steps and approaches to reduce dietary salt intake.

Salt Reduction Guide for Patients (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request)

Sodium Reduction Counselling Guide For Nurses (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request)

 Also adapted use in Ethiopia by nurses, patients, school teachers and students (Available in Amharic and Oromiffa upon request)

Pan America Health Organization

A report on methods, tools, procedures and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling

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World Health Organization

A resource that provides guidance for governments on how to develop, implement, and strengthen a healthy public food procurement or service on a national or sub-national level

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies

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World Health Organization

A technical package from WHO designed to assist countries with the development, implementation, and monitoring of salt reduction strategies to reduce population salt intake

Pan American Health Organization

A technical package that offers a rationale and recommendations for a population-based approach to reduce dietary salt intake in adults and children in the Americas

Resolve to Save Lives

Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)

U.S. CDC

Technical package including process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement to improve hypertension control rates

Resolve to Save Lives

Example of completed spreadsheet for registering new hypertension patients and calculating facility hypertension control rates (download)

Resolve to Save Lives

Checklist that can be used to survey resources in the clinic setting for a hypertension program