How much does it cost to treat high blood pressure?
Studies in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mexico, Thailand and the Philippines show that implementing the WHO HEARTS package is an affordable way to improve blood pressure control and save lives.
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 […]
Hypertension can be the next global health win
Hypertension is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing more than 10 million people each year, but it remains neglected. In an essay in the Washington Post, Dr. Tom Frieden calls attention to the need for increased focus and funding to prevent and treat the deadly condition.
New playbook: Designing an optimal digital tool for hypertension and other long-term treatment programs
Based on our digital team’s experience developing and refining the Simple app, our new playbook offers step-by-step guidance for program implementers to create or adapt an effective digital —one that health care workers actually like, and that can improve program monitoring, management and outcomes.
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.
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.
Addressing the global shortage of health care workers
Amanda McClelland, our Senior Vice President of Prevent Epidemics, published an op-ed in CNN proposing recommendations to address the growing global shortage of health care workers. Read the full column here.
Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria Welcomes New Executive Director
NOVEMBER 20, 2023 (ABUJA, NIGERIA)—Resolve to Save Lives announced today the appointment of Nanlop Adenike Ogbureke as its new Executive Director in Nigeria. She will oversee a technical and operations staff of 11, facilitate effective coordination and implementation of program activities, as well as foster and maintain productive relationships with government and non-governmental stakeholders within […]
WHO and the 7-1-7 Alliance introduce Early Action Reviews
The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted the first quarterly webinar open to its global learning network. More than 500 people from 73 countries signed up to hear representatives of the World Health Organization and the Alliance introduce new guidance on Early Action Reviews and how it leverages the 7-1-7 target to improve the performance of outbreak detection, […]
Developing technical capacity to scale up 7-1-7
The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted a training series for Atlanta-based staff of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A first virtual training session introduced the 7-1-7 target, its central role in the WHO Early Action Review guidance, and how 7-1-7 fits into key components of the global health security framework. In a two-day, in-person […]
Sharing learnings to achieve the 7-1-7 target
The 7-1-7 Alliance, a country-led initiative hosted by Resolve to Save Lives, formed a global community of practice with 15 implementing countries to facilitate lesson sharing and spur innovation to accelerate progress toward the target. More countries are expected to join as the 7-1-7 Alliance grows.
How to revitalize World Bank health spending
In a recent Devex column, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden and Senior Advisor of Prevent Epidemics Marine Buissonniere discuss how the World Bank can strengthen its health programming—and support the countries in greatest need.
Five years of HEARTS
Alongside the WHO Global Hypertension report, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a new report on the first five years of the Global HEARTS Initiative, a partnership between the WHO, Resolve to Save Lives, and the governments of 32 low- or middle-income countries. HEARTS programs work for hypertension patients, and we […]
First WHO report details devastating impact of hypertension and ways to stop it
In partnership with the World Health Organization and Bloomberg Philanthropies, we launched the first-ever Global Report on Hypertension at a satellite event alongside the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
7-1-7 forms the bedrock of new WHO guidance
The World Health Organization’s new Guidance and tools for Conducting an Early Action Review (EAR) incorporate the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection and control, which Resolve to Save Lives has piloted since 2021. EARs offer a performance improvement approach, which can be used for each outbreak to identify system-level bottlenecks and propose immediate and long-term […]
First-of-its-kind study details the true cost of health care worker infections
At the launch our new study with the World Bank estimating the full economic burden of failing to protect health care workers, Senior Vice President of Prevent Epidemics Amanda McClelland and other speakers called for increased investments to improve protections for health care workers.
Lessons from HIV-hypertension integration
Director for Global Hypertension Control Dr. Bolanle Banigbe shared lessons from RTSL’s support for HIV-hypertension integration, and the scale up of hypertension services in more than 30 countries, with the HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN) at a virtual event.
Going back to basics to stop the ongoing cholera pandemic
The focus on clean water, better health care and public health, and expanded vaccine production needed to control the spread of cholera today will prepare the world for future health crises and save lives.
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.
7-1-7 Alliance gains momentum
Our World Health Assembly side event showcased initial progress implementing the 7-1-7 target and the ongoing work of the 7-1-7 Alliance, empowering public health leaders to further accelerate advancements in health security.
Four epidemics that weren’t—New Ted-Ed video explains
A new video from TED-Ed—developed with support from the Skoll Foundation and technical insight from Resolve to Save Lives —explores how four communities implemented strategies for effective outbreak response ad why investing in epidemic preparedness and prevention matters.
Resolve to Save Lives receives 2023 World Hypertension League award
Our Cardiovascular Health Team was honored to receive the 2023 World Hypertension League Organizational Excellence Award in Population Global Hypertension Control for their efforts to improve management and control of high blood pressure around the world.
How much did health care worker illness and death cost during COVID-19?
Developed in partnership with the World Bank, our latest article in Nature Communications provides a new framework for understanding the true cost of health care worker illness and death during COVID-19 and demonstrates that investing in protecting health care workers is an effective use of health spending.
Salt Awareness Week: May 15-21, 2023
Resolve to Save Lives is highlighting the risks of eating too much salt and sharing ways people can cut back.
The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care
Stopping epidemics starts with primary health care. Our new article in The Lancet Public Health explains why epidemic-ready primary health care could– and should– be a landmark achievement of our pandemic recovery.
7-1-7 target in Lancet Global Health
RTSL’s Prevent Epidemics Team publishes evidence from early pilots on the 7-1-7 target for early detection of and response to disease threats.
Ben Silbermann joins Resolve to Save Lives’ Board of Directors
April 6, 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), a global health organization focused on preventing 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and making the world safer from epidemics, today announced the appointment of Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Pinterest, to the RTSL Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to have Ben […]