7-1-7 Alliance webinars
The recording of all webinars hosted by the 7-1-7 Alliance available to watch on its website.
Dr. Tom Frieden: How to stop the global rise of superbugs
We are losing the defenses that protect us from microbes. Global antibiotic resistance, the result of overuse in clinical medicine and agriculture, is growing. But progress is possible with evidence-based interventions, incentive shifts, and smarter regulation. In a new op-ed for Financial Times, Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, discusses […]
Recursos en el objetivo 7-1-7
Todos los recursos disponibles en español en el sitio web de la Alianza 7-1-7: guías, herramientas, capacitaciones y ejemplos de países.
Recursos sobre a meta 7-1-7
Todos os recursos disponíveis em português no site da Aliança 7-1-7: guias, ferramentas, treinamentos e exemplos de países.
Ressources sur la cible 7-1-7
Toutes les ressources disponibles en français sur le site de l’Alliance 7-1-7 : guides, outils, formations et exemples pays.
الموارد المتعلقة بالهدف 7-1-7
جميع الموارد متوفرة باللغة العربية على موقع تحالف 7-1-7: الأدلة والأدوات والتدريب وأمثلة البلدان.
Building the science behind a smarter salt
Excess sodium drives global hypertension and cardiovascular deaths, yet adoption of lower-sodium salt substitutes remains slow despite strong evidence that they could prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To pinpoint what’s holding back large-scale uptake, Johns Hopkins University, The George Institute, and Resolve to Save Lives convened international experts to identify the most urgent […]
Research prioritization to scale-up lower-sodium salts
Excess sodium drives global hypertension and cardiovascular deaths, yet adoption of low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) remains slow despite strong evidence that they could prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To pinpoint what’s holding uptake back, Johns Hopkins University, The George Institute, and Resolve to Save Lives convened international experts to identify the most urgent […]
New feature: Action plans for program managers using the Simple App for improved patient care
The user-centered, open source Simple app, developed by Resolve to Save Lives, now has a new feature to help care for patients in the primary health care setting. The Simple dashboard now includes action plans, a new program management feature that allows managers to create actionable and measurable goals directly in within the dashboard. This […]
Lessons learned from treating 34 million people with hypertension
Hypertension is the leading cause of preventable death globally, yet only one in five people with high blood pressure have it under control despite availability of effective, low-cost medicines and the WHO HEARTS technical package of effective, scalable hypertension control interventions. Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has collaborated with national governments and other stakeholders […]
Global Development Assistance for Health Allocated to Cardiovascular Disease Control, 2015 to 2022
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide yet CVD prevention efforts remain starkly underfunded. A new landmark report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology quantifies for the first time the surprising mismatch between high CVD burden and low CVD funds from high income country governments and international development agencies such […]
The World Health Organization further endorses 7-1-7
The World Health Organization (WHO) has embedded the 7-1-7 target for timely outbreak detection and control in the new National Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework. The comprehensive guidance supports countries through every stage of a health emergency—from detection and notification to risk assessment, activation, response, and operational review. It emphasizes performance evaluation and introduces […]
New partnerships to prevent lead poisoning
Did you know that every year, lead exposure contributes to an estimated more than 1 million deaths from heart disease? The overwhelming majority of these preventable deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. With support from Open Philanthropy through the Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF), we are working alongside government and local partners in […]
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 […]
Solutions to common barriers to outbreak detection and response
Countries worldwide face similar bottlenecks that slow down outbreak detection, notification and response. In a series of data insights, the 7-1-7 Alliance, an initiative hosted by Resolve to Save Lives, identifies the top barriers across 150 outbreaks from nearly 20 countries and explores simple, promising solutions. Key bottlenecks include the lack of resources for outbreak […]
Join us at ICPHC 2025!
Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is proud to co-sponsor the International Primary Health Care Conference (ICPHC) 2025, which will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from October 6 to 10. The conference will bring together global health leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and partners to explore and emphasize why stronger primary health care is the foundation for […]
UNGA 2025 event: Equity and Integration: Reshaping health systems through people-centered primary health care
Prior to the UN General Assembly’s 4th high-level meeting on NCDs, Resolve to Save Lives co-hosted a side event with World Diabetes Federation, FIND, UNAIDS, NCD Alliance, and United for Global Health on the urgent need to integrate person-centered care at the primary health care level. One person sharing their lived experience said, “Don’t split […]
High blood pressure, high stakes: Translating commitment into life-saving action
Resolve to Save Lives, the World Health Organization, and Bloomberg Philanthropies came together with global health leaders today to launch WHO’s second global hypertension report. High blood pressure affects 1.4 billion people worldwide, yet only 1 in 5 have it under control—leaving 80% at risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, dementia, and early death. […]
Global report on hypertension 2025: High stakes—turning evidence into action
The World Health Organization’s second global hypertension report identifies access to life-saving medicines as the biggest barrier—but also the greatest opportunity—for rapid, scalable progress to get high blood pressure under control and save millions of lives.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
More than 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet only one in five have it under control, according to a new WHO report released with Bloomberg Philanthropies and Resolve to Save Lives.
Actionable 7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights: Timely laboratory confirmation
This fourth post in the 7-1-7 bottleneck insights series examines delays in laboratory confirmation—the second most common response bottleneck—and practical ways countries can accelerate diagnostics for faster outbreak control.
Actionable 7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights: Overcoming low clinical suspicion in outbreak detection
Low clinical suspicion is one of the most common barriers to early outbreak detection. The third post of the 7-1-7 Bottleneck Insights series highlights the value of bottleneck analysis – and solutions to a top barrier to outbreak detection.
Learn about 7-1-7 at your own pace with free online courses
As more countries adopt the 7-1-7 target to accelerate outbreak detection and response, training for public health officials is essential to maximize its impact. The 7-1-7 Alliance, an initiative hosted by Resolve to Save Lives, released three free, interactive online courses accessible to all. The courses equip learners to understand, use and adopt 7-1-7 through […]
Transforming the 2024 amendments to WHO’s International Health Regulations from an opportunity to a reality
In a new article for BMJ Global Health, RTSL senior legal advisor Cédric Aperce and the University of Ottawa’s Roojin Habibi discuss new amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), the legally binding agreement that requires countries to detect and report global health threats to the World Health Organization. First agreed upon at the […]
Watch: “HEARTS Voices – Access to Medicines”
Access to affordable, life-saving blood pressure medicines is the single biggest barrier to controlling hypertension worldwide. Today, only 21% of people with high blood pressure have it under control. Closing this gap to 50% by 2030 could save 75 million lives and prevent 150 million heart attacks and strokes over the next 25 years. Our […]
Join us at UNGA 2025 for “High blood pressure, high stakes”
Join us for a side event at UNGA 2025 marking the release of the World Health Organization’s 2025 Global report on hypertension and highlighting countries turning commitment to action and getting high blood pressure under control.
Promoting Healthier Food Environments at the 23rd International Congress of Nutrition
At the 23rd International Congress of Nutrition, experts showed how combining sodium reduction policies like warning labels and limits can reshape food environments and improve health.
Potassium-enriched salt substitutes: supporting global cardiovascular and kidney health
A new paper in Lancet Global Health co-written by global nephrologists and the Healthier Foods and Environments team at RTSL highlights the important role potassium-enriched, low-sodium salt alternatives can play in reducing sodium consumption and helping people living with hypertension to get their blood pressure under control. Importantly, this paper suggests that these benefits even […]
Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Appointed to Resolve to Save Lives’ Board of Directors
AUGUST 18, 2025 (NEW YORK, NY) – Resolve to Save Live (RTSL) today announced that Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, Vice Provost (Health) at University College London, will join its Board of Directors, effective July 30, 2025. Dr. Abubakar has served on Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria’s Board of Directors since April 6, 2022. “We’re delighted to […]
Join our Global Call to Action to Control High Blood Pressure today!
High blood pressure is the world’s leading killer, causing more deaths than all infectious diseases combined. But it doesn’t have to be. Evidence shows that progress is achievable with the right policies and investments. Our new Global Call to Action to Control High Blood Pressure aims to demonstrate the breadth of support for this important […]