Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings
Step-wise framework for monitoring, includes: 1) previous monitoring activities of school food programs, and 2) survey questions for initial assessment.
INFORMAS Public Sector Policies and Actions – The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)
The policy index measures the extent of implementation of health food environment policies by governments compared to international best practice and includes a module on Food Provision.
Healthy food procurement policies and their impact
Systematic review of the evidence base for healthy food procurement policies
Trans fat elimination communications toolkit
Toolkit for communications and advocacy activities to accelerate the adoption of trans fat elimination policies, including social media resources and customizable templates
Hypertension: A neglected global health crisis
Key findings from WHO’s first-ever Global Hypertension Report, which shows that the number of people with hypertension has doubled since 1990, from 650 million to 1.3 billion, and the economic benefits of hypertension treatment outweigh costs by 18 to one.
Global report on hypertension: The race against a silent killer
WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
Implementation of Global Hearts Hypertension Control Programs in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
In the Journal of American College of Cardiology International, a summary of success, progress, and lessons learned during the first five years of the HEARTS initiative.
Understanding the role of staff nurses in hypertension management in primary care facilities in India: A time-motion study
Study estimating time spent by staff nurses on hypertension and other NCD activities in primary care facilities and time savings from the Simple app
Keep it simple: designing a user-centred digital information system to support chronic disease management in low/middle-income countries
Implementer report on the Simple mobile app from BMJ Health & Care Informatics
The world must prepare now for the next pandemic
In a commentary for BMJ Global Health, Resolve to Save Lives takes lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes an updated understanding of pandemic preparedness. Moving forward, we must secure increased and sustained funding from governments, while enhancing technical capacities and operational excellence in public health systems worldwide. Strengthening our global health architecture demands a […]
WHO South-East Asia Region Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods
A document that tailors the 2021 global sodium benchmarks for packaged food categories to the South-East Asia Region, incorporating regional food sources and sodium levels to support countries in setting feasible reformulation targets and advancing sodium reduction efforts.
Our formula for effective hypertension care
There are five crucial components of hypertension care at public health scale: simple treatment protocols; access to quality, affordable medications, team-based care and task sharing; patient-centered care; and strong information systems.
The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care
A new model for integrating public health and health care delivery— epidemic-ready primary health care—that can identify and stop outbreaks, maintain essential services during disruptions, strengthen population resilience, and ensure health worker and patient safety. For the Lancet Global Health, we argue that strengthening primary health-care capacities for detection, vaccination, treatment, and coordination with public […]
Selling a sick future: countering harmful marketing to children and young people across risk factors for NCDs
A guide on how to counter harmful commercial marketing towards children and young people across risk factors for noncommunicable diseases.
The Centrality of Communities and Civil Society in Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention. A Framework for Improved Preparedness and Response
Large-scale epidemics and pandemics threaten global health security and community resilience, especially concerning emerging infectious diseases and the resurgence of previously controlled conditions. Communities play a vital role in preventing, detecting, and responding to these threats, as demonstrated in recent outbreaks. Effective community involvement enhances government efforts and mitigates negative impacts. This study emphasizes the […]
Policy Inventory for Effective Trans Fat Regulations
Checklist to determine if an existing or proposed regulation includes the key provisions necessary to effectively eliminate trans fat
Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2022
Annual REPLACE progress report – 2022
Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2021
Annual REPLACE progress report 2021
Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2020
Annual REPLACE progress report 2020
Simplified protocol for measuring trans-fatty acids content as a percentage of total fatty acids in food products
In response to global needs, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a simplified protocol to assess and monitor trans fat content in foods to support efforts to eliminate trans fats from the global food supply. Accurate measurement of trans fat content is crucial for countries to implement and enforce regulations aimed at reducing trans fat […]
The amended international health regulations: Implications and challenges for domestic legal frameworks
In The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Resolve to Save Lives argues that the amendments to World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (WHO IHR)—especially the emphasis on multisectoral coordination and strengthening subnational capacities— offer an important opportunity for countries to bolster their public health systems. As demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is […]
Behind the Labels: Big Food’s War on Healthy Food Policies
This report by GHAI’s Food Policy program reveals how the ultra-processed food industry has aggressively fought against front-of-package labels globally.
Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: WHO guideline
This guideline builds on the 2010 WHO Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children, and takes into consideration more recent evidence specific to children and to the context of food marketing.
Healthy Public Food Procurement in Quezon City, Philippines
Case study on the development and implementation of a healthy public food procurement policy
Hypertension Treatment Protocol: Uganda
Treatment protocol developed by LINKS Grantee, Makarere University Joint AIDS Program
Review of Methods to Determine the Main Sources of Salt in the Diet
From WHO/PAHO Regional Expert Group for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Population-wide Dietary Salt Reduction
Sodium Reduction Framework
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.
TB preventive therapy: uptake and time to initiation during implementation of ‘7-1-7’
Can the 7-1-7 target increase the number of household contacts (HHCs) of tuberculosis patients initiated on preventive therapy? In this letter published in he International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, our colleagues at International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease describe how the 7-1-7 metric was adapted for TB preventive therapy (TPT), requiring HHCs […]
Safer primary healthcare facilities are needed to protect healthcare workers and maintain essential services: lessons learned from a multicountry COVID-19 emergency response initiative
While an infection prevention and control initiative improved COVID-19 infection rates for health care workers in Africa, ongoing challenges demonstrated the need for long-term investments in sustainable IPC programs. In BMJ Global Health, Resolve to Save Lives examines an infection prevention and control (IPC) initiative implemented in 22 African countries from April 2020 to January […]
Reviewing Health Security Capacities in Nigeria Using the Updated WHO Joint External Evaluation and WHO Benchmarks Tool: Experience from a Country-Led Self-Assessment Exercise
Nigeria’s experience with a self-assessment of pandemic preparedness underscored the need for investment and stakeholder involvement to strengthen health systems. Writing for Health Security, our colleagues at Nigeria Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed Nigeria’s experience conducting a midterm self-assessment of its pandemic preparedness using a modified World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External Evaluation […]