India’s School Children Regulation
India’s regulation including restrictions on the advertising, marketing, or selling of food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium on school campuses or to school children in an area within fifty meters from the school gate in any direction.
Healthy Meals in School Programme
Describes program criteria and support available for schools.
A Global Review of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines
Review of current food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG), assessing the similarities and differences in key elements across countries
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.
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 […]
Trans fat stats for selected countries
Excel file with stats for selected countries including annual deaths from TFA consumption and potential lives saved between now and 2047.
Customizable fact sheet: Developing and Implementing a Trans Fat Elimination Policy
Fact sheet explaining 7 steps to developing and implementing a trans fat elimination policy. Design files available here (download).
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 […]
Singapore Case Study: Reducing Singaporeans’ High Sodium Intake
A case study on Singapore’s national strategy to reduce sodium intake through the promotion of lower-sodium alternatives
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 […]
The true cost of failing to protect health care workers
A landmark study from the World Bank and Resolve to Save Lives used a “cost-of-illness” methodology to measure the broader socio-economic costs of health care worker infections and deaths from COVID-19—including the costs of disruption to essential health services due to a compromised health workforce.
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