Potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a means to lower blood pressure: benefits and risks
Article presenting the rationale, current evidence on benefits and risks, and implications for using potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a strategy to lower blood pressure.
NOURISHING database: Restrict food advertising and other forms of commercial promotion
A collection of policies that different countries have in place to reduce children’s exposure to food marketing.
Estimated population-wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium-enriched salt substitution: Modelling study
A study on the benefits of nationwide potassium enriched salt substitution on cardiovascular health in China.
Front-of-package labeling as a policy tool for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in the Americas
A report on key considerations and recommendations to the use of front-of-package labeling as an effective policy tool to reduce demand and support for ultra-processed food products with high sodium, fat, and sugar content
Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs and behaviours: a narrative review
Outcomes of a narrative review conducted to update an earlier descriptive review published by WHO in 2009 on the extent, nature and effects of food marketing
Front-of-package labelling: Empowering consumers and promoting healthy diets
A fact sheet presenting evidence and progress of food labelling policies globally
Building momentum: Lessons on implementing a robust front-of-pack food label
A report on key recommendations and advice to policymakers who are designing and implementing front-of pack food labelling in nutrition policies
Core strategies to increase the uptake and use of potassium-enriched low-sodium salt
Proposes a framework for a scalable and sustainable approach of low-sodium salt use in the home and identifies challenges and potential solutions for effectiveness of this strategy
Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet
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
Reducing sodium in your diet
An informational video that addresses the role of sodium in one’s diet and its effects on cardiovascular health
Reducing cardiovascular disease through salt reduction
An overview of RTSL’s approach to sodium reduction, including summaries of key interventions (sodium targets, FOPL, marketing restrictions, food procurement and service, low-sodium salt, policy advocacy and communications)
Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs
Article from the Journal of Clinical Hypertension on evidence for salt reduction
Salt-Smart Americas
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
Setting targets for salt level in foods: A five-step approach for low- and middle- income countries
An article that identifies a five-step approach for setting sodium level targets in foods in LMICs
WHO guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults
Updated in 2021
Annotated bibliography: sodium reduction
A collection of literature relevant to the science of salt reduction and on sodium reduction interventions
Selecting Blood Pressure Devices
Short video outlining how to choose a blood pressure device
Measuring Blood Pressure Accurately
Short video with a step-by-step guide for healthcare workers on how to accurately measure blood pressure
India Hypertension Control Initiative and Simple App Training Manual
Hypertension management training resource for healthcare workers
Fundamentals for Implementing a Hypertension Program in Resource-Constrained Settings
Online training course aimed at program managers and implementers
PAHO virtual course on the implementation of the HEARTS technical package
Online training course for primary care physicians, nurses and others health workers
Simplified indicator calculator template
Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)
Team-based hypertension management in primary healthcare
A guide that expands upon the WHO’s team-based care module of the HEARTS technical package, providing guidance and resources to assist in implementing team-based care for hypertension at the primary healthcare facility level
Managing Large-Scale Hypertension Control Programs: A Six-Step Guide
Our guide for program managers starting up national or subnational hypertension control programs, broken down into six steps and and supported by practical tools from our hypertension control resource library and the WHO HEARTS technical package and adaptable to the local program and setting.
Million Hearts Hypertension Control Change Package
Technical package including process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement to improve hypertension control rates
Simplified indicator calculator example
Example of completed spreadsheet for registering new hypertension patients and calculating facility hypertension control rates (download)
Lives saved calculator for cardiovascular health interventions
Calculator modeling the impact of cardiovascular health interventions (including improved hypertension control and sodium reduction) by country
Blood pressure measurement device selection in low‐resource settings: Challenges, compromises, and routes to progress
High blood pressure (BP) is the single leading preventable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor across the world. In order to decrease the global burden of CVD, broad hypertension screening programs that facilitate early hypertension diagnosis and treatment are essential. Accurate BP devices are a key element of hypertension control programs. With the overwhelming number of […]
WHO technical specifications for blood pressure devices
Updated guidance on blood pressure measuring devices (2020)
Hearts in the Americas: Guide and essentials for implementation
Manual for hypertension program implementers at national and subnational levels