Tackling Pakistan’s leading cause of death: heart disease
A new program in Pakistan will use evidence-based, affordable, scalable approaches to control hypertension at the primary care level.
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.
Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria welcomes new Executive Director
Nanlop Adenike Ogbureke joins Resolve to Save Lives as Executive Director in Nigeria with more than 20 years of experience in the health sector.
Beating the world’s leading killer with Simple solutions
Learn more about how data from Simple has helped Bangladesh target quality improvement interventions and improve outcomes in blood pressure control programs.
Better data, better outcomes for blood pressure in Bangladesh
Bangladesh tripled its blood pressure control rate (from 20% to nearly 60%) with support from Resolve to Save Lives.
Introducing Resolve to Save Lives: Ethiopia
Located in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopia office looks forward to continued progress in blood pressure control trans fat elimination, epidemic prevention and emergency response.
Việt Nam’s fight against a silent killer
Việt Nam has made against hypertension, but there is more to do, says Dr. Renu Garg.
Five years of HEARTS
Alongside the WHO Global Hypertension report, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a new report on the first five years of the Global HEARTS Initiative, a partnership between the WHO, Resolve to Save Lives, and the governments of 32 low- or middle-income countries. HEARTS programs work for hypertension patients, and we […]
First WHO report details devastating impact of hypertension and ways to stop it
Read the report here.
First WHO report details devastating impact of hypertension and ways to stop it
NEW YORK, 19 SEPTEMBER 2023—The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever report on the devastating global impact of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on the ways to win the race against this silent killer. The report shows approximately 4 out of every 5 people with hypertension are not adequately treated, but if countries […]
Tracking medications, the Simple way
The new update to the Simple app provides for better tracking of medications by allowing facilities to input the volume of each medication they have on-hand and their expiration dates on a monthly basis.
Putting hypertension courses in the palm of health workers’ hands in Nigeria
An effective, lower-cost alternative to traditional, in-person training.
Including hypertension treatment during HIV care dramatically improved patient outcomes in Uganda
Including treatment for high blood pressure in HIV programs improves outcomes for both conditions.
Indonesia hosts national webinar on hypertension
Dr Paul Whelton highlighted the large gap in hypertension treatment and control in Indonesia and advocated for a simple approach to scaling up treatment.
Lessons from HIV-hypertension integration
Director for Global Hypertension Control Dr. Bolanle Banigbe shared lessons from RTSL’s support for HIV-hypertension integration, and the scale up of hypertension services in more than 30 countries, with the HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN) at a virtual event.
Under Pressure
Strategies to improve access to medicines to treat high blood pressure Developed in collaboration with the Médecins Sans Frontières Access project, this groundbreaking report on identifies barriers to affordable blood pressure medication in LMICs and underscores the need for a transformation of the global blood pressure medicines market to make life-saving medicines more affordable and […]
Resolve to Save Lives receives 2023 World Hypertension League award
Our Cardiovascular Health Team was honored to receive the Organizational Excellence Award in Population Global Hypertension Control.
Integrating hypertension and HIV management could save 87,000 lives over the next 10 years
This toolkit offers a practical guide to treating high blood pressure in HIV programs to improve outcomes for both conditions.
Salt Awareness Week: May 15-21, 2023
Resolve to Save Lives is highlighting the risks of eating too much salt and sharing ways people can cut back.
“Keep it Simple” is EDITORS’ CHOICE APRIL 2023 at BMJ HCI
Read our Simple team’s paper on designing a user-centered digital information system to support chronic disease management.
Indonesian government tackles leading killer with new program aimed at reducing heart attacks and strokes
March 29, 2023 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)—The Association of Indonesia Local Health Offices (ADINKES) today announces a new partnership with global health non-profit, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), to prevent millions of premature deaths by improving control of high blood pressure. The new effort, in support of the Indonesia Ministry of Health (MOH), will strengthen high blood […]
Indonesia commits to heart health, starting with primary care
We’re partnering with ADINKES to prevent millions of premature deaths in Indonesia.
Roundtable on reducing heart disease deaths in Indonesia
We hosted a roundtable discussion with officials from Indonesia’s Ministry of Health, academia, civil society, and the Association of Indonesia Local Health Offices, on interventions to improve heart health.
Thousands of lives could be saved each year by eliminating trans fat and controlling high blood pressure in Indonesia
Government, partners and NGOs have high-level discussion on reducing preventable deaths in Indonesia
New DHIS2 hypertension control package
DHIS2 is a free, open-source software now supports hypertension and diabetes care for large-scale NCD programs.
India Hypertension Control Initiative recognized nationally and internationally
IHCI was recognized for being “a highly impactful, large-scale hypertension intervention within India’s existing primary health care system.”
India is on the way to gaining independence from its biggest killer, cardiovascular disease
For the Economic Times, Dr. Tom Frieden, wrote about India’s impressive achievements in improving heart health.
An “80-80-80” target for global blood pressure control
Meeting the target globally could save between 76 and 130 million lives by 2050.
High Blood Pressure in Bangladesh Can Be Better Controlled for Less than US$10 per Patient per Year
Life-saving care for high blood pressure, also known as hypertension—the leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes—could be expanded nationwide in Bangladesh for about US$9 per patient per year, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.
New study finds high blood pressure in Bangladesh can be better controlled for less than US$10 per hypertensive patient per year
Life-Saving Hypertension Control Pilot Program from Directorate General of Health Services, National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh Could Be Expanded Nationally