LINKS Community grant recipients announced
The first LINKS Community grant recipients were announced. Eleven countries will now save lives by better controlling blood pressure, reducing salt intake or eliminating trans fat.
New voluntary salt reduction targets in Turkey
The Turkish Restaurant and Patisserie Federation agreed to reduce salt in restaurant and bakery food items, potentially making food healthier in 130,000 restaurants across the country.
Global NCD gathering in Bangkok
Tom Frieden, our President and CEO, delivered the keynote address (slides) at the Prince Mahidol Awards Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Momentum growing to eliminate trans fat
The NCD Alliance hosted a trans fat event at the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health in Dubai. The key message at the event was that trans fat can be completely replaced without changing cost or taste of food.
New partnership with Shandong province
Our China team signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shandong Provincial Health Commission to begin work on sodium reduction and hypertension control projects.
Ethiopia launches salt reduction program
We joined experts from WHO and the Ethiopian government for a workshop to kick off Ethiopia’s salt reduction program.
First-of-its kind PSA launches in India
India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority launched a new campaign to support the removal of trans fat from the food supply: “Heart Attack Rewind.”
Global discussion on trans fat surveillance standards
We worked with the WHO and CDC at a two-day trans fat surveillance expert consultation. Participants reviewed and reached consensus on global trans fat surveillance standards.
2018 World Health Assembly
At the 2018 World Health Assembly, Dr. Tom Frieden participated in a discussion on “Reducing Sugar, Salt and Fat to Prevent NCDs.”
Make the world trans fat free by 2023
The Lancet published “REPLACE a roadmap to make the world trans fat free by 2023” written by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Dr. Tom Frieden
REPLACE launched
The World Health Organization announced REPLACE, a ground-breaking initiative developed in partnership with Resolve to Save Lives, which aims to eliminate trans fats from the global food supply by 2023. Read about it in The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, or Vox.