Why funding policy change is a powerful effective altruism strategy
Effective altruism favors low-cost interventions. Dr. Tom Frieden explains why funding policy change is a powerful, cost-effective way to save lives at scale.
World Stroke Day 2026
Evidence-based solutions to prevent stroke exist. Control high blood pressure and switch to lower-sodium salt today to save lives at scale.
Lancet Public Health: how primary health care can close the implementation gap
RTSL authors outline how prioritized, proactive and accountable primary health care can close the implementation gap and deliver more health.
Prioritized, proactive, accountable primary health care: Lancet Viewpoint
This Viewpoint in The Lancet Public Health describes how countries can close the implementation gap between interventions known to save lives and the care health systems deliver. The RTSL authors argue that primary health care can deliver more health if it is prioritized, proactive and accountable. They write in the context of the abrupt 2025 […]
Social media: Resources for communicating about sodium reduction
Social media is a great venue for expanding awareness of the harms of excess salt consumption and the opportunities to reduce sodium in our diets—especially when engaging text is paired with visually appealing graphics and videos. In conjunction with this Sodium Reduction Communications Toolkit, advocates can ideally craft the right message, delivered by the right […]
Evidence and tools: Resources for communicating about sodium reduction
The following is part of the Sodium Reduction Communications Toolkit developed by Resolve to Save Lives and Global Health Advocacy Incubator, with technical inputs from World Health Organization. Resources are intended for advocates, communications teams, global health leaders, and others interested in protecting heart health and reducing cardiovascular disease through a lower-sodium food environment. A […]
Storytelling examples: Resources for communicating about sodium reduction
The following is part of the Sodium Reduction Communications Toolkit developed by Resolve to Save Lives and Global Health Advocacy Incubator, with technical inputs from World Health Organization. Resources are intended for advocates, communications teams, global health leaders, and others interested in protecting heart health and reducing cardiovascular disease through a lower-sodium food environment. Success […]
Cross-cutting resource: Resources for communicating about sodium reduction
The following is part of the Sodium Reduction Communications Toolkit developed by Resolve to Save Lives and Global Health Advocacy Incubator, with technical inputs from World Health Organization. Resources are intended for advocates, communications teams, global health leaders, and others interested in protecting heart health and reducing cardiovascular disease through a lower-sodium food environment. Cross-cutting […]
Building your message: Resources for communicating about sodium reduction
The following is part of the Sodium Reduction Communications Toolkit developed by Resolve to Save Lives and Global Health Advocacy Incubator, with technical inputs from World Health Organization. Resources are intended for advocates, communications teams, global health leaders, and others interested in protecting heart health and reducing cardiovascular disease through a lower-sodium food environment. Global, […]
Health Advocacy Training & Collaboration Hub (HATCH)
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s Health Advocacy Training & Collaboration Hub (HATCH) is a free online learning platform for public health advocates worldwide. HATCH offers self-paced courses, toolkits, case studies, templates, and issue briefs in multiple languages, all grounded in decades of locally led advocacy experience. It also provides secure spaces for advocates and organizations […]
Fact sheet: Strengthening Capacity and Leadership for Hypertension Control
High blood pressure is one of the world’s leading causes of death. That’s why Resolve to Save Lives and World Health Organization (WHO) are empowering countries to improve blood pressure control programs at scale. A new training equips program managers with practical skills to design, implement and scale high-quality hypertension control programs adapted to their […]
Messaging matrix for sodium reduction communications
Research from our in-country partners suggests that successful campaigns often keep the message consistent while adapting the messenger, medium, and moment for each target audience. This messaging matrix guides advocates to tailor messages to the intended audience, using a messenger and medium that resonates with that audience, and delivering the message at a strategic moment […]
Messaging dos and don’ts for sodium reduction communications
Across countries, successful sodium reduction communications messaging consistently focused on making salt reduction easy to understand, personally relevant, feasible to implement, and economically beneficial. This resource collates lessons learned from local partners when crafting effective messaging. Who the resource is intended for Advocacy and communications experts working on sodium reduction globally or in-country Key features […]
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2026
During this year’s ILPPW, bust myths, learn facts, and register for WHO webinars to learn how your country can become lead-free.
Building country leadership to scale hypertension control
SCALE-HTN Control is a five-day training program equipping program managers across 20 countries to implement HEARTS-based blood pressure control at scale.
Trans fat elimination: Reasons for policy action now
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on the status of trans fat elimination policies globally
Trans fat elimination: Maximizing lives saved through policy implementation and enforcement
Once a best-practice trans fat elimination policy is passed and adopted, it must be implemented and enforced. This advocacy document developed by Resolve to Save Lives serves as a guide for the monitoring and enforcement of best practice policies that eliminate industrially produced trans fat from a country’s food supply.
Regulate Trans Fat, Even if Burden is Low
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives making the case for trans fat regulation in low-burden settings
Increasing uptake of low-sodium salt
Fact sheet highlighting the addition of low-sodium salt to one’s diet to reduce blood pressure and associated risk of heart attack or stroke.
A Pinch of Potassium: How Fortified Salt Can Bridge Nutrition and NCD Prevention at Scale
RTSL, ATNi and Renaissance Philanthropy co-hosted “A Pinch of Potassium,” a session on why the world should make the switch to a smarter salt.
World Heart Day 2026
A global change of heart to prioritize blood pressure control can save millions of lives each year.
Research Priorities to Accelerate Global Uptake of Lower Sodium Salt Substitutes
New research supports scaling potassium-enriched lower-sodium salts to support heart health and save lives.
Equipping health security teams to turn plans into action
See how teams in South Africa, Zanzibar and South Sudan used PMEP program to turn health security plans into results.
UNGA 2026: Global call to end lead poisoning
WHO, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Coefficient Giving, and Partnership for a Lead-Free Future call for global prevention of lead poisoning at this year’s UNGA
Why aren’t we protecting health care workers from outbreaks?
In a new essay, Resolve to Save Lives Chief Program Officer Amanda McClelland lays out what it actually takes to protect health care workers.
COVID-19 alert systems: lessons for future health emergencies
This qualitative study, published in PLOS ONE by Resolve to Save Lives researchers and collaborators, examines how countries used alert level systems during COVID-19 to communicate risk and guide public health responses. Researchers interviewed senior health officials across eight jurisdictions, including the United States, South Africa, Singapore and New Zealand, to identify what worked and […]
Partner spotlight: Dr. Kai von Harbou on the Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care Framework
We spoke with Dr. Kai von Harbou, WHO’s Community Protection and Resilience Unit Lead, about the launch of Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care.
Inaugural 7-1-7 Awards celebrate global leaders in outbreak response
The inaugural 7-1-7 Awards were presented at the 2026 Global Security Conference in Malaysia.
Resolve to Save Lives appoints Amanda McClelland Chief Program Officer
Amanda McClelland is appointed as Resolve to Save Lives’ first Chief Program Officer, bringing over two decades of global health emergency experience to strengthen coordination and impact across RTSL’s programs.
Cardiovascular Health Partner Convening 2026: High-Level Summary Report
Highlights and key takeaways from the 2026 Cardiovascular Health Partner Convening, bringing together over 65 representatives from 29 organizations to assess progress, address barriers, and co-create the next phase of the global initiative to save 100 million lives from cardiovascular disease.