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, including Dr. Amit, Dr. Manika, and Dr. Swati, recently joined a panel discussion on ‘Unhealthy Diets and Cardiovascular Disease’ at CARDIOBASE 2024, moderated by Dr. Murugunathan. They discussed RTSL’s work on promoting cardiovascular health globally and in India, 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 to strengthen collaboration toward preventing premature deaths from heart disease and other non-communicable diseases, which currently account for 27% of all deaths in Nigeria—close to 447,800 lives every year. Government officials, health care professionals, researchers, […]
REPLACE Initiative’s role in ending trans fat
In a new article for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, experts from Resolve to Save Lives, World Health Organization, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, and NCD Alliance describe global progress and efforts to eliminate trans fat from the food supply. Since the formation of the global partnership and launch of REPLACE, 43 countries […]
New oped on global progress eliminating trans fat
The world has made encouraging progress to eliminate trans fat, but more than 4 billion people remain at risk. In a new oped published in BMJ and Al Jazeera, Dr. Tom Frieden, president & CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of World Health Organization, share how countries can join the movement to protect […]
New milestone report on global trans fat elimination
World Health Organization’s (WHO) new milestone report summarizes progress over the past 5 years towards the global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA). In 2018, WHO set the ambitious target to eliminate TFA from the global food supply by the end of 2023, and released the REPLACE action framework with recommended best-practice policies and implementation […]
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
New data on trans fat content in Indonesia’s food supply show that nearly 10 percent of foods tested exceed the WHO-recommended safety threshold, some food groups by as much as 25 percent. Trans fat increases risk of heart attack and stroke, but can be easily replaced with healthier oils without changing taste or recipes. In […]
Introducing Resolve to Save Lives India
Resolve to Save Lives is now registered in India allowing for more efficient program support. Located in New Delhi, the India office looks forward to continued progress in hypertension management, trans fat elimination and sodium reduction.
New tool helps governments combat nutrients of concern
Global Health Advocacy Incubator, supported by partners Resolve to Save Lives, Vital Strategies, and the O’Neill Institute, published a new resource designed to help governments shape a healthier food environment: Nutrient Profile Models: A valuable tool for developing healthy food policies. The accompanying blog and webinar dive into what nutrient profile models are and how […]
Nepal Bans Trans Fat
STATEMENT FROM DR. RENU GARG, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AT RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES 16 February 2024 (NEW YORK, USA)—“Congratulations to Nepal for issuing legislation that limits the amount of trans fat in food, which will save 2,200 lives each year. The new legislation, adopted with support from the World Health Organization’s South-East […]
Nepal bans trans fat
Nepal’s new legislation limits use of toxic trans fat within the country’s food supply and will help save 2,200 lives each year and reduce the overall burden of premature deaths from trans fat within the South East Asia region. Congratulations to Nepal, whose work brings the world closer to achieving the WHO goal of global trans fat elimination […]
Celebrating the progress and partnerships that defined 2023
RTSL’s 2023: Year in Review is our first-ever digital annual report, looking back at a remarkable year of saving lives and making the world safer from epidemics in 2023. The HEARTS program for hypertension control now treats more than 19 million patients for the world’s deadliest condition. The trans fat elimination policies passed in 2023 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
Sri Lanka’s trans fat ban will save 50,000 lives in the next 25 years
With its new best-practice policy banning industrially produced trans fat, Sri Lanka joins neighbors India and Bangladesh and 51 other countries in the World Health Organization’s REPLACE Initiative to eliminate this toxic food additive from the global food supply.
Sri Lanka Bans Trans Fat
Statement from Dr. Renu Garg, Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health at Resolve to Save Lives 26 May 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—“By passing a best-practice policy banning industrially produced trans fat from its food supply, Sri Lanka joins neighbors India and Bangladesh and 51 other countries in the global World Health Organization REPLACE Initiative to […]
Celebrating trans fat elimination on the global stage
Co-hosted with the World Health Organization, our side event at the World Health Assembly celebrated progress in removing trans fat from the global food supply.
Nigeria builds momentum for a trans fat-free Africa
Nigeria passed a new best practice trans fat elimination policy that will save approximately 1,200 lives each year.
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 […]
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.
Indonesia commits to heart health, starting at primary care
The Association of Indonesia Local Health Offices (ADINKES) announced a new partnership with RTSL to prevent millions of premature deaths by improving high blood treatment at the primary care level and eliminate industrially-produced trans fat from the food supply chain.
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 protect 127 million more people from trans fat, bringing the number of people protected from trans fat globally to 3.4 billion. “We encourage countries in the Americas and around the world without best-practice policies to follow Mexico’s lead and take action to protect people from trans fat and accelerate progress […]
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. In a statement on Egypt’s new best-practice policy, which will protect 109 million more people from trans fat by October 2023, Dr. Renu Garg, our Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular […]
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.