Putting Nigeria’s trans fat elimination policy into action
In 2023, Nigeria made history as the second African country to adopt a best-practice policy to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the national food supply. Building on this milestone, on September 26, 2025, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), with support from Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), launched a […]
Global Week for Action: Key actions to successfully eliminate toxic trans fat
Eliminating trans frat from the global food supply is a proven, cost-effective way to save thousands of lives each year from heart attack and stroke. So how do we do it? In a new blog post, RTSL Senior technical advisor for trans fat, Liz Drummond, writes about effective trans fat elimination policies and how countries of all […]
Preparing for policy in action: Nigeria builds capacity to eliminate trans fat and protect heart health
Nigeria’s 2023 trans fat ban was a huge step forward for heart health, but a national assessment revealed challenges for implementation and enforcement: gaps in laboratory capacity and a lack of a standard protocol for assessing trans fat content in foods.
Eliminating trans fat: Only your heart will know the difference
Dr. Tom Frieden explains how New York City successfully banned trans fat and became a model for eliminating this toxic food additive.
New video from Dr. Frieden: What it takes to eliminate trans fat
In a new video, Dr. Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, talks about the dangers of artificial trans fat and his efforts to eliminate trans fat in New York City in 2005.
Four more countries validated by WHO for actions toward a trans fat-free world
Austria, Norway, Oman, and Singapore awarded by WHO for concrete actions to remove toxic trans fat from the national food supply, bringing the total countries validated to nine.
Webinar unpacks industry’s role in removing trans fat from foods
New research commissioned by WHO and launched by ATNi and RTSL unpacks industry’s role in bringing the world closer to trans fat-free to save hundreds of thousands of lives each year.
Using nutrient profile models to underpin key nutrition interventions
New RTSL guide explores how to use nutrient profile models to rank food based on nutritional composition and provide the scientific foundation for healthy and comprehensive nutrition policies.
9 million lives saved and counting
Resolve to Save Lives’ partnerships for heart health between 2018 and 2023 will result in 9 million fewer deaths worldwide. Here’s how we supported countries to make rapid progress, and how we measured our impact.
Pakistan protects more than 240 million people by eliminating harmful trans fat
Pakistan and its 240 million inhabitants join the global movement toward a trans fat-free world.
Resolve to Save Lives at EPI | Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2025
High blood pressure too often goes unnoticed. Watch the American Heart Association’s interview with Dr. Renu Garg as she details how Resolve to Save Lives works to control this silent killer with universal screening and other scalable strategies.
Stakeholders gather to protect Indonesians against artificial trans fat and high salt foods
Indonesia gears up to build a comprehensive food policy that eliminates harmful trans fat and reduces excess sodium to reduce a high burden of high blood pressure.
Trans fat elimination: Maximizing lives saved through policy implementation and enforcement
Once a best-practice trans fat elimination policy is passed and adopted, it must be implemented and enforced. This advocacy document developed by Resolve to Save Lives serves as a guide for the monitoring and enforcement of best practice policies that eliminate industrially produced trans fat from a country’s food supply.
Developing and implementing a trans fat elimination policy: A 7-step guide for policymakers
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with practical steps for countries to develop and implement best practice trans fat elimination policies
Training lab techs to keep toxic trans fat out of Nigeria’s food
To effectively ban trans fat and enforce compliance, lab tachs need training on simple protocols.
For WSJ, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden talks nutrition in the U.S. and beyond
What should the new U.S. administration do to change American diets for the better?
Colombia protects 52 million people from toxic trans fat
Colombia passes a new policy to protect its people from toxic trans fat, joining global effort for elimination by 2025.
RTSL trans fat experts speak out
Trans fat elimination webinar features experts from Resolve to Save Lives and outlines steps to remove this harmful food additive.
“India cannot afford to ignore the dangers posed by trans fats”
Dr. Indu Bhushan calls for strict enforcement of trans fat regulations to save an estimated 70,000 deaths per year in India.
Resolve to Save Lives at CARDIOBASE 2024
The RTSL India team discussed ‘Unhealthy Diets and Cardiovascular Disease’ at CARDIOBASE 2024, emphasizing the importance of salt reduction, trans fat elimination, and healthier oil adoption.
New policies in Nigeria will help save lives from heart disease
In partnership with Resolve to Save Lives, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare unveiled a bold new strategy.
REPLACE Initiative’s role in ending trans fat
Since the formation of the global partnership and launch of REPLACE, 43 countries have taken action against the harms of trans fat.
Drs. Tom Frieden and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on global progress eliminating trans fat
In BMJ and Al Jazeera: The world has made encouraging progress to eliminate trans fat, but more than 4 billion people remain at risk.
Addressing Unhealthy Diets in India
Learn more about Resolve to Save Lives’ comprehensive, cost-effective interventions to promote healthier diets and save lives in India.
WHO’s 5-year milestone report on global trans fat elimination
By 2023, best-practice policies were in effect in 53 countries, covering 3.7 billion people or 46% of the world’s population, as compared to 6% just 5 years prior.
Countdown to 2023: 5-year progress report on global trans fat elimination
New World Health Organization progress report, supported by RTSL. Since initial call to action in 2018 for all countries to eliminate toxic trans fat and protect their people from this risk factor for heart attack and strokes, 43 more countries have banned trans fat protecting an additional 2.8 billion people, or 46% of the world—as […]
Milestone 5-year report on progress to eliminate toxic trans fat released
Statement from Dr. Tom Frieden, President & CEO, Resolve to Save Lives 24 JUNE 2024 (NEW YORK, USA)—“At the start of 2024, 53 countries had introduced trans fat regulations, protecting nearly half of the world’s population from this toxic chemical and preventing as many as 183,000 deaths each year. The new 5-year REPLACE report released […]
Indonesia can improve health by eliminating harmful trans fat
In the Jakarta Post, Dr. Renu Garg and N. Paranietharan discuss the importance of protecting people in Indonesia, which risks becoming a dumping ground for trans fat-rich food products banned by other countries in the region.
Introducing Resolve to Save Lives: India
Our experts in New Delhi look forward to continued progress in blood pressure control, trans fat elimination and sodium reduction.
Regulate Trans Fat, Even if Burden is Low
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives making the case for trans fat regulation in low-burden settings