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.
In China, a breakthrough in blood pressure control

One community’s blood pressure control more than doubled in less than a year with these interventions.
For WSJ, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden talks nutrition in the U.S. and beyond

In a new essay for the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Dr. Tom Farley, discuss what the incoming U.S. administration can do to change American diets for the better. Unhealthy foods now compete with smoking for the title of leading underlying killer in the U.S. […]
Resolve to Save Lives’ new global guidelines for healthy public food procurement

Setting healthy nutrition standards for food served in schools, public hospitals, childcare facilities and government workplaces is a powerful strategy for saving lives.
Meet GIFNA – WHO’s upgraded nutrition policy database

Nutrition policymakers and advocates can use WHO’s upgraded policy database to improve food environments for all.
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.
Big news from the World Health Summit: a new pledge to improve global heart health

Resolve to Save Lives pledges $10 million to WHO to combat heart disease and save millions of lives.
Blood pressure measures done right

Faulty BP readings can put lives at risk. New evidence supports this method for accuracy.
“Reduced-sodium salts…are a great alternative to regular salt”

In a new op-ed for Health Affairs Forefront, Professor Bruce Neal, Executive Director for The George Institute for Global Health and our own Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, call for switching the salt we use to a healthier alternative—potassium-enriched, low-sodium salts—to improve heart health. Low-sodium salts look and taste just […]
“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.
Balancing sodium reduction and iodine nutrition for heart health

Salt is often fortified with iodine, a necessary ingredient for health. But too much sodium, the main ingredient in salt, is bad for the heart. RTSL recently co-hosted a meeting on “Harmonizing Iodine Nutrition with Salt Reduction” in collaboration with Nutrition International, WHO India, and the Iodine Global Network. Discussions focused on the importance of […]
We optimized DHIS2 for busy hypertension and diabetes programs

The new version of DHIS2 is a free, open-source software that integrates hypertension and diabetes care for large-scale NCD programs.
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. […]
Supporting consistent care with consistent communication

Missed appointments are a common barrier to keeping high blood pressure under control, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Staying in touch with patients through mobile text message reminders is an effective strategy for keeping patients in care, especially for patients overdue for a health visit.
2024 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award

Our team received the 2024 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award for an abstract on increasing usage of low-sodium iodized salt.
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, […]
Designing tools that work for health care workers

Daniel Burka, Director of Design for the digital team at Resolve to Save Lives, shares how any design team can create health care software that is easy to use, improves programs, and that health workers actually like.
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 study encourages health care closer to home

Patients with chronic conditions shouldn’t have to travel long distances to specialized hospitals for care. Effective treatment for people living with hypertension, diabetes and other chronic conditions must be consistent and accessible.
New heart health project launches in India

Project SPANDAN, a transformative initiative that aims to enhance hypertension and diabetes control across primary healthcare facilities in Madhya Pradesh, India, was formally launched today by Ms Priyanka Das, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Government of Madhya Pradesh. In partnership with Resolve to Save Lives and JHPIEGO, Project SPANDAN will strengthen comprehensive primary health care […]
WHO’s HEARTS package significantly improves high blood pressure control

A new trial published in BMJ’s Heart Journal shows that the WHO-HEARTS technical package, developed and championed with support from Resolve to Save Lives, significantly improves high blood pressure treatment and control compared with current practice. This trial conducted in rural Bangladesh is the first to rigorously assess the complete HEARTS package—a set of practical, cost-effective strategies for […]
New study shows treating hypertension in primary care works better, especially for women

Our experts in India demonstrate that patient retention and adherence improve significantly when treatment for hypertension happens in community care facilities—especially for women.
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 […]
Conference talk shows how DHIS2 app achieves real-world results

At the 2024 DHIS2 conference in Oslo, DHIS2, FHI 360 and RTSL showed how a user-centered approach to DHIS2 Android app development achieved real-world results in Nigeria and Central Asia.
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 […]
DHIS2 3.0: The user-centered healthcare app gets a big update

Version 3.0 of the DHIS2 Android app, developed by DHIS2 and the Digital team at Resolve to Save Lives, is now available. The new updates reduce hypertension program enrollment time by 3 minutes per patient, and time to input details for follow-up visits is now less than 25 seconds. The updated app can be found in […]
Salt reduction event at 77th World Health Assembly

At this year’s 77th World Health Assembly, Resolve to Save Lives and NCD Alliance cohosted an in-person side event, as part of our collaboration with WHO, about the importance of focusing on salt reduction within comprehensive food policies. Representatives from Cameroon, Singapore, Thailand and Colombia shared how their countries have prioritized policies that reduce salt […]
Colombia leads on reducing salt-related diseases

One in three Colombians has high blood pressure raising their risk of heart disease, stroke and other non-communicable diseases. One major cause is eating too much salt—Colombians consume on average more than double the WHO recommended amount each day. In a new video by RTSL and NCD Alliance, Colombia shares how they’ve teamed up with civil society organizations […]