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Securing packaged food policy wins

This brief is a pre-read for the sodium reduction: securing packaged food policy wins breakout group during the Write the Headline: Co-Creating the Future of CVH session, on May 7th.

ERPHC and 7-1-7: A Measles Case Study in Sierra Leone

This study from Resolve to Save Lives and partners published in the Journal of Health Security evaluates 52 confirmed cases of measles during a 2024 outbreak in Sierra Leone. The cases occurred across four primary health care facilities and were analysed using an adaptation of the 7-1-7 target, a quality improvement tool measuring speed, safety […]

Consensus on the Use of Potassium-Enriched Low-Sodium Salt Substitutes (LSSS) as a Public Health Intervention in India

A consensus statement on the use of potassium-enriched low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) in India developed by RTSL and TGI in consultation with doctors, nutritionists, public health specialists, and representatives from government and other organisations.  The statement recommends priority actions for India to use LSSS as a public health strategy to address high blood pressure and heart disease in India. Read the […]

Strengthening frontline worker outbreak preparedness and response knowledge in Nigeria and Uganda

A new digital training model called Clinical Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (cIDSR) is helping frontline workers respond faster and more effectively to disease outbreaks. This analysis from Resolve to Save Lives explains how the training overcomes the limitations of traditional training using a mobile-optimised, self-paced platform that guides health care workers through real patient […]

A System in Transition: Nigeria Country Report

A new landscape assessment shows that financing disruptions are increasing risks to Nigeria’s surveillance, laboratory, and specimen transport systems, while highlighting opportunities to strengthen more integrated and resilient public health systems.

Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline

This WHO guideline provides Member States with evidence-based recommendations for improving school food environments. It covers three areas: direct food provision; nutrition standards for foods and beverages served or sold at school; and nudging interventions that promote healthier choices. The recommendations aim to increase availability and consumption of nutritious foods and reduce the presence of […]

Building the science behind a smarter salt

Excess sodium drives global hypertension and cardiovascular deaths, yet adoption of lower-sodium salt substitutes remains slow despite strong evidence that they could prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To pinpoint what’s holding back large-scale uptake, Johns Hopkins University, The George Institute, and Resolve to Save Lives convened international experts to identify the most urgent […]

Research prioritization to scale-up lower-sodium salts

Salt shaker over plate of salad

Excess sodium drives global hypertension and cardiovascular deaths, yet adoption of low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) remains slow despite strong evidence that they could prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To pinpoint what’s holding uptake back, Johns Hopkins University, The George Institute, and Resolve to Save Lives convened international experts to identify the most urgent […]

PAHO’s HEARTS Quality Framework for controlling high blood pressure

A new article in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas unveils the HEARTS Quality Framework, a practical blueprint to help countries dramatically reduce high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk through primary health care. Developed by the Pan American Health Organization, ministries of health throughout the region, and international experts and researchers, the HEARTS Quality Framework centers around the ambitious goal […]

Lessons learned from treating 34 million people with hypertension

Hypertension is the leading cause of preventable death globally, yet only one in five people with high blood pressure have it under control despite availability of effective, low-cost medicines and the WHO HEARTS technical package of effective, scalable hypertension control interventions. Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has collaborated with national governments and other stakeholders […]

Association between timeliness of detection, notification and response and the magnitude, severity and duration of disease outbreaks: a retrospective review of 84 outbreaks in Uganda, 2017–2022

Timely detection, notification and response are critical to reducing the impact of outbreaks, yet evidence linking these factors to outcomes has been limited. In an analysis of 84 outbreaks reported in Uganda between 2017 and 2022, Resolve to Save Lives and partners found that delays in detection were strongly associated with higher numbers of cases […]

Ultra-processed foods in Bangladesh are full of salt—and often not saying so

People around the world are consuming more sodium from processed and ultra-processed foods—and Bangladesh is no exception. A new country-wide cross-sectional study highlights concerning realities: 97% of participants consumed processed or ultra-processed foods in the past week Children consumed processed or ultra-processed foods approximately 21 times per week, adolescents 16 times per week, and adults […]

The Healthy Hearts program to improve primary care for hypertension

A new study co-authored by RTSL on the Philippines’ Healthy Hearts program compared three ways to supply hypertension medicines under the country’s Universal Health Care law. Researchers found that centralized national procurement would cost government payers less than one-third of the current decentralized system, while relying on private pharmacies would be more expensive. The study […]

How to increase hypertension control 6-fold through primary health care

Executive summary for Lessons Learned Philippines Healthy Hearts Programme report

Lessons from scaling the Philippines Healthy Hearts Programme This advocacy resource from Resolve to Save Lives highlights lessons learned and key strategies for improving population-level blood pressure control in the Philippines, which are captured in an upcoming report. The key takeaway: Scaling the Healthy Hearts Programme nationally can avert about half a million premature deaths […]

Progress in epidemic-ready primary health: early pilot results from four African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda), December 2023-October 2024

Primary health care facilities are the first point of contact when community members fall ill. They are also essential to epidemic preparedness. Despite their critical importance, many facilities lack the capacity to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks while maintaining essential services. To address these gaps and bolster facility resilience, we launched an Epidemic Ready […]