Nigeria builds momentum for a trans fat-free Africa
Statement from Dr. Renu Garg, Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health at Resolve to Save Lives 10 May 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—“We congratulate Nigeria on the passage of its new best practice trans fat elimination policy, which will save approximately 1,200 lives per year. As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria has set a […]
PAHO Regional Sodium Targets (2021-2025)
Sodium targets for the PAHO region (published 2021).
Mass Media Campaigns
Series of videos launched to increase awareness that excess daily salt intake leads to cardiovascular disease. See in the various projects below: Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet): Concept #1 (man in wheelchair) Concept #2: (hear what the doctor says) Salt reduction media campaign (Vietnam): Reduce Salt […]
Public health media advocacy action guide: Elements of a media action campaign
A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective media advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies
Advocacy action guide: A toolkit for strategic policy advocacy campaigns
A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies
RTSL approaches to salt reduction
Summarizes RTSL’s approach to sodium reduction, including two page summaries for key interventions (sodium targets, FOPL, marketing restrictions, food procurement and service, low sodium salt, policy advocacy and communications) to reduce salt and save lives from cardiovascular disease.
Reducing sodium in your diet
An informational video that addresses the role of sodium in one’s diet and its effects on cardiovascular health
Quezon City’s healthy public food procurement policy: a model for the Philippines and beyond
Supporting public health by establishing nutrition standards (including limits on salt, sugar and trans fat) for all food suppliers to public offices.
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.
Sodium reduction policies could save 7 million lives by 2030
WHO’s first-ever Global Report on Sodium Intake Reduction shows that the world is off-track.
Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives
“Countries must work urgently to implement ambitious, mandatory, government-led sodium reduction policies to meet the global target of reducing salt consumption by 2025,” said Dr Tom Frieden.
Mexico Votes to Ban Trans Fat, Save Lives
Statement from Dr. Renu Garg, Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health at Resolve to Save Lives
Mexico’s unanimous vote to ban trans fat
Mexico’s new best-practice policy will bring the number of people protected from trans fat globally to 3.4 billion.
Egypt’s new policy banning trans fat could save more than one million lives over the next 25 years
Trans fat is estimated to cause 45,000 deaths per year in Egypt, among the highest burden of deaths due to trans fat in the world.
Egypt’s New Life-Saving Policy to Ban Trans Fat
This policy has the potential to save more than one million lives in the next 25 years.
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat, leading to heart disease and deaths
The latest progress report on the World Health Organization’s REPLACE initiative to eliminate trans fat found that 43 countries have now implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat in food, with 2.8 billion people protected globally—a nearly six-fold increase in population coverage since WHO launched REPLACE in 2018. Despite this progress, this still leaves 5 […]
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
GENEVA, 23 January 2023 — Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. Since WHO first called for the global elimination of industrially produced trans fat in 2018 — with an elimination target […]
New Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods
We welcome submissions of new data as we expand the database!
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
Trans fat elimination is feasible in any country
At the World Health Summit, Dr. Tom Frieden highlighted trans fat elimination as a key strategy for transforming food systems and preventing deaths from diet-related causes.
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.
Bloomberg Philanthropies invests additional $115 million in Resolve to Save Lives to continue preventing deaths from heart disease
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests Additional $115 Million in Resolve to Save Lives To Continue Preventing Deaths from Heart Disease Resolve to Save Lives’ programs and policy efforts have saved approximately four million lives 14 July 2022 (NEW YORK, NY)—Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced additional funding for Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), a global public health non-profit organization […]
RTSL India team hosts technical consultation with cardiovascular health partners
On May 19, the India team held its first technical consultation in New Delhi, India, which highlighted both hypertension control and salt reduction initiatives supported by RTSL Key partners represented included the World Health Organization, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Ministry of Health, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, PATH, GRID Council, JHPIEGO, the George […]
Op-Ed: Stopping a pandemic deadlier than Covid
Every year, cardiovascular disease kills twice as many people, at a younger average age, as Covid has at its worst, and since 2020, there’s been a surge in fatalities from heart disease and stroke in the U.S.
Video – There’s a silent killer in your food
Artificial trans fats have no known health benefits and cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the NCD Alliance to produce a video on the dangers of trans fats and what we need to do to eliminate them from the global food supply.
Delayed Finalization of Sodium Targets in the US May Cost 250,000 Lives by 2031
Yesterday, Resolve to Save Lives published an article with the Queen Mary University of London and World Action on Salt and Sugar, spotlighting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new targets for reducing sodium in processed foods. The delay in finalizing these targets may have cost more than 250,000 lives. If they are implemented quickly, […]
FDA’s 4-Year delay in finalizing sodium reduction targets may cause 265,000 deaths over 14 years, study says
New sodium targets could save over 400,000 lives and billions of dollars in the next decade
Over 1.4 Billion People Now Covered by Best Practice Trans Fat Elimination Policies
The third annual progress report for the REPLACE initiative highlights global progress toward eliminating artificial trans fat. Read the report here.