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.
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.
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.
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.