WHO celebrates progress against toxic trans fat
For the first time, WHO awarded validation certificates to five countries that have best practice trans fat elimination policies in place, supported by adequate monitoring and enforcement systems. Congratulations to Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Thailand for their groundbreaking work helping to rid the world of this invisible killer.
Salt substitutes can help treat high blood pressure
In a new article published in the American Heart Association’s scientific journal Hypertension, we joined international experts in the call to include salt substitutes in the treatment for high blood pressure. Salt substitutes reduce risk for heart attack and stroke while also adding much-needed potassium to the diet.
Healthier meals in schools throughout Karnataka, India
In partnership with Resolve to Save Lives, Vision for Social Development piloted a program in Karnataka, India in November 2021 that successfully reduced the amount of salt added to school meals provided under the PM POSHAN Scheme (previously ‘Mid-day Meal’ Scheme ). The successful program will now be expanded statewide, giving children across Karnataka access […]
Eliminating artificial trans-fat in Africa could save 250,000 lives over the next 25 years
In Africa, only three countries have implemented best-practice policies that ban artificial trans fat, a harmful food additive. In Ventures Africa, Drs. Jean Kaseya and Tom Frieden highlight the important collaboration between Africa CDC and Resolve to Save Live to support African countries to eliminate trans fat, and call for immediate action.
Tackling Pakistan’s leading cause of death: heart disease
A new hypertension program in Pakistan will help tackle the country’s leading cause of death: heart disease. In collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives, Global Health Strategists and Implementers will use evidence-based, affordable, scalable approaches for controlling hypertension at the primary care level.
Lessons and action for a trans fat free Africa
In partnership with Africa CDC and the WHO Regional Office for Africa, we cohosted an official Conference for Public Health in Africa side event on trans fat elimination. Featuring speakers from Cameroon, South Africa, Botswana, and Tanzania, ‘Lessons and action for a trans fat free Africa’ highlighted promising support for trans fat elimination policies, including […]
Beating the world’s leading killer with Simple solutions
In just a few short years, the Bangladesh Hypertension Control Initiative has achieved impressive blood pressure control rates, and our Simple app has played an important role in this progress. Learn more about how data from Simple has helped our partners– the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Non-Communicable Disease Control Program and the National […]
Protecting children from excess salt in Nepal
More children in Nepal will soon have access to healthy foods with the commitment of three municipalities in the Kathmandu region—Tokha, Thimi, and Kageshwori—to pass nutrition standards, including limits on sodium content, in schools and public facilities. This work, supported by Resolve to Save Lives, builds on progress in the Budhanilkantha municipality, which adopted a […]
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. This helps to reduce stock-outs and to increase the number of patients who have access to the medications they need, when […]
Putting hypertension courses in the palm of health workers’ hands in Nigeria
We partnered with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health and National Primary Health Care Development Agency to pilot a self-paced digital hypertension management course that doctors, nurses and community health workers completed on their own smart phones. The course– which was found to be effective and rated highly by participants– is a potential lower-cost alternative to […]