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.
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat, leading to heart disease and deaths
The latest progress report on the World Health Organization’s REPLACE initiative to eliminate trans fat found that 43 countries have now implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat in food, with 2.8 billion people protected globally—a nearly six-fold increase in population coverage since WHO launched REPLACE in 2018. Despite this progress, this still leaves 5 […]
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
GENEVA, 23 January 2023 — Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. Since WHO first called for the global elimination of industrially produced trans fat in 2018 — with an elimination target […]
New Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods
We welcome submissions of new data as we expand the database!
Trans fat elimination is feasible in any country
At the World Health Summit, Dr. Tom Frieden highlighted trans fat elimination as a key strategy for transforming food systems and preventing deaths from diet-related causes.
Celebrating Epidemics that Didn’t Happen
Our latest “Epidemics that Didn’t Happen” report celebrates successful outbreak responses from around the world that demonstrate the returns of investing in preparedness and response systems. These examples—from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Indonesia, India and Tanzania—are a testament to the power of preparedness and a roadmap for future success in preventing […]
An “80-80-80” target for global blood pressure control
Meeting the target globally could save between 76 and 130 million lives by 2050.
Sharing 7-1-7: A global metric for early detection & response
In recent weeks, the Prevent Epidemics team has made the case for the 7-1-7 metric for early detection of and response to disease threats to stakeholders around the world. In Liberia, our team presented data on six outbreaks as part of a workshop on the metric for public health officials working at both the national […]
“Voices” of long COVID stress the urgency of COVID-19 vaccination
This awareness campaign spotlights COVID long-haulers to increase vaccine uptake.
Under Pressure: Strategies to improve access to medicines to treat high blood pressure in low- and middle- income countries
We released a new report, developed in collaboration with the Médecins Sans Frontières Access project, that identifies barriers to affordable blood pressure medication in LMICs and underscores the need for a transformation of the global blood pressure medicines market to make life-saving medicines more affordable and available.
Video – There’s a silent killer in your food
Artificial trans fats have no known health benefits and cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the NCD Alliance to produce a video on the dangers of trans fats and what we need to do to eliminate them from the global food supply.
New Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health Announced
Dr. Renu Garg has joined Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) as Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health. Dr. Garg previously served as the World Health Organization Representative for Thailand and brings to RTSL more than three decades of experience implementing large-scale public health programs in low- and middle-income countries.
Health Care Worker Profiles Spotlight the Human Impact of Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control
As the International Year of Health and Care Workers comes to a close, our team spotlights on-the-ground challenges and successes in promoting infection prevention and control through a series of health care worker profiles. The health care workers featured are from Last Mile Health and Jhpiego, two of our implementing partners for an emergency response […]
Over 1.4 Billion People Now Covered by Best Practice Trans Fat Elimination Policies
The third annual progress report for the REPLACE initiative highlights global progress toward eliminating artificial trans fat. Read the report here.
Six steps for scaling up national hypertension programs
We published our step-by-step guide with resources and tools to help program managers scale up national hypertension programs in the Journal of Human Hypertension. Read the manuscript here.
Removing barriers to vaccinating the world against COVID-19
The latest in-depth science review from our Prevent Epidemics team debunks the myth that the world is facing an imminent glut of vaccines and discusses barriers to global vaccination, including supply and equity. We have repeatedly squandered opportunities to better address supply shortages through technology transfer and the creation of additional production hubs.
#BeatThePressure campaign launches to improve hypertension control around the world
The LINKS community launched the #BeatThePressure campaign to promote the adoption of the new WHO hypertension guideline, including strategies such as task sharing and affordable medications.
Low sodium salt could save millions of lives
Our president and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden called for governments around the world to make low-sodium salts more accessible, citing a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the potential of low-sodium salts to prevent heart attack and stroke and save lives.
Celebrating World Heart Day 2021
We joined the World Heart Federation in recognizing World Heart Day by highlighting evidence-based strategies to improve hypertension around the world. Our six-step guide outlines strategies such as simple protocols and patient-centered care, needed for creating successful hypertension programs in diverse country contexts.
LINKS Community launches Public Funds for Healthy Foods Campaign
The LINKS Community kicked off a “Public Funds for Healthy Foods” campaign to encourage advocacy for health public food procurement policies that include limits on sodium and trans fats. Read more on what you can do to promote healthy public food procurement policies in your community.
WHO releases new, lifesaving hypertension guideline
Our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden released a statement encouraging countries to demonstrate their commitment to ending preventable deaths from high blood pressure by adopting and implementing WHO’s new “ Guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults ”.
Grants awarded to three organizations championing trans fat elimination advocacy
Resolve to Save Lives awarded grants to Advocacy Center ‘LIFE’, Nepal Heart Foundation, and Village Health Action for trans fat elimination advocacy projects in Ukraine, Nepal and Burundi. The new grantees will support life-saving policies by collaborating with ministries of health, offering technical guidance, and leading public awareness campaigns.
The Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on the Public Health Workforce
The latest in-depth science review from our Prevent Epidemics team discusses the hidden toll the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on the mental health of public health workers across the world. It also identifies strategies to prevent or reduce these harms—both on the public health workforce and on health care workers.
7-1-7: an organizing principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics
In a new publication in The Lancet, our team has outlined a novel global 7-1-7 target: identify the outbreak within 7 days of emergence, report to public health officials within 1 day, and effectively respond within 7. We are at a now-or-never moment to improve global readiness against the next disease threat.
Third round of LINKS grants awarded to 9 winners
We announced nine recipients of LINKS third round of grant funding. Over $1.1 million was awarded to projects in eight countries that will expand care for high blood pressure and support trans fat elimination and sodium reduction policies.
The Future of Global Health Security: Lessons Learned from Preparedness and Response
Leaders from Norway, Uganda, PAHO and representatives from USAID and the International Federation of Red Cross joined us in a virtual event to discuss the need for increased investments in pandemic preparedness and better governance. You can watch the full event here.
Strengthening Primary Healthcare for Increasing Population Health Resilience
At the second Global Health Conference of Bo’ao Forum for Asia in China, Dr. Tom Frieden presented a keynote discussing how primary health care is the most needed, and the most neglected aspect of global health systems. Panelists from WHO China and Thailand spoke of population health resilience and cases of strengthening primary health care […]
Highlighting the importance of health care workers
The May 2021 edition of the International Journal of Health Planning and Management included an article written by the Prevent Epidemics team on our report, Protecting Health Care Workers: A Need for Urgent Action, and featured artwork from the report as the cover image.
Taming the World’s Leading Killer: High Blood Pressure
Our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden released an OpEd on CNN about the urgent need to address high blood pressure and what we can do to stop this killer: lower daily salt consumption and promote proper treatment and medications.
Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce
The World Health Assembly passed a resolution, Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce , calling for countries to improve data collection in tracking health and care workers’ morbidity and mortality. Ethiopia led advocacy efforts, which we supported in our January report, Protecting Health Care Workers: A Need for Urgent Action .