Resource Library

Find guidance, case studies, advocacy tools and more

Video: There's a silent killer in your food

There’s a silent killer in your food

NCD Alliance
February 9, 2022
Short video from NCD Alliance on the risks of trans fat consumption
Advocacy and communications Videos
WHO Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours: a narrative review

Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs and behaviours: a narrative review

World Health Organization
February 7, 2022
Outcomes of a narrative review conducted to update an earlier descriptive review published by WHO in 2009 on the extent, nature and effects of food marketing
Journal articles
Sodium Reduction in Communities Program (SRCP) Implementation Guide

Sodium Reduction in Communities Program (SRCP) Implementation Guide

US CDC
January 22, 2022
Guide to for food service staff and public health organizations to reduce sodium in food service organizations by drawing upon the experiences gained during the Sodium Reduction in Communities Program…
Policy development Policy implementation Tools and toolkits

NAPHS Tracker

Resolve to Save Lives
January 1, 2022
"An overview of how the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Tracker enables data-informed decision-making to streamline NAPHS management and financing."
Brief
How do local-level authorities engage in epidemic and pandemic preparedness activities and coordinate with higher levels of government? Survey results from 33 cities

How do local-level authorities engage in epidemic and pandemic preparedness activities and coordinate with higher levels of government? Survey results from 33 cities

PLOS Global Public Health
January 1, 2022
We argue that engaging local governments in epidemic preparedness will strengthen global health security by ensuring better coordination between local and national authorities.
Public Food Procurement for Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Diets (Volumes 1 & 2)

Public Food Procurement for Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Diets (Volumes 1 & 2)

FAO
December 31, 2021
This document serves as a discussion of Public Food Procurement as a viable policy for improving national and regional food systems and overall population nutrition. Volume 1: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb7960en Volume 2:…
Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet

Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
December 31, 2021
Provides an overview of how to develop, implement, assess compliance with, and evaluate the effectiveness of a healthy public food procurement and service policy. It is intended for government policy…
Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-fatty Acids: A Regulatory Drafting Tool

Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-fatty Acids: A Regulatory Drafting Tool

Pan American Health Organization
December 31, 2021
A PAHO drafting tool to assist governments and ministries in developing or reforming national legislation to eliminate iTFAs from their countries' food supplies.
Policy development Tools and toolkits
Screenshot 2024-10-17 at 5.44.29 PM

PAHO Regional Sodium Targets (2021-2025)

Pan American Health Organization
December 31, 2021
Sodium targets for the PAHO region (published 2021).    
PAHO: Research to Support the Development of Front-of-Package Labeling Regulations for Food Products in the Americas: Methods, Tools, and Procedures

Research to support the development of front-of-package labeling regulations for food products in the Americas: Methods, tools, and procedures

Pan America Health Organization
December 31, 2021
A report on methods, tools, procedures and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling
Tools and toolkits
9789240018341-eng_Page_01

Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet

World Health Organization
December 31, 2021
A resource that provides guidance for governments on how to develop, implement, and strengthen a healthy public food procurement or service on a national or sub-national level
Tools and toolkits
WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults

WHO guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults

World Health Organization
December 31, 2021
Updated in 2021
Clinic resources
Science-Review_-December-22-2021-Prevent-Epidemics-pdf

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: December 22, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives
December 22, 2021
What do we know about the Novavax vaccine?
WHO TFA 2021

Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2021

World Health Organization
December 7, 2021
Annual REPLACE progress report 2021
Advocacy and communications Monitoring and evaluation
GHAI-labels

Behind the Labels: Big Food’s War on Healthy Food Policies

Global Health Advocacy Incubator
November 30, 2021
This report by GHAI's Food Policy program reveals how the ultra-processed food industry has aggressively fought against front-of-package labels globally.
Advocacy and communications
Cover image for NATIONAL NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLSPROTOCOLS from the Ethiopia Ministry of Health

Ethiopia National Non-Communicable Diseases Management Protocols

Ethiopia Ministry of Health
November 30, 2021
Ethiopia's National NCD management protocols for:  Hypertension Diabetes Rheumatic heart disease  Chronic respiratory diseases Cardiovascular Disease (Risk Assessment) 
Science-Review_-November-1-2021-Prevent-Epidemics-pdf

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: November 1, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives
November 1, 2021
The glut of COVID-19 vaccines is a myth: How we can — and must — remove barriers to vaccinating the world against COVID-19
Core Strategies to Increase the Uptake and Use of Potassium-Enriched Low-Sodium Salt

Core strategies to increase the uptake and use of potassium-enriched low-sodium salt

Adefunke Ajenikoko et al.
September 30, 2021
Proposes a framework for a scalable and sustainable approach of low-sodium salt use in the home and identifies challenges and potential solutions for effectiveness of this strategy
Team-Based Hypertension Management in Primary Health Care

Team-based hypertension management in primary health care

Resolve to Save Lives
September 30, 2021
A guide that expands upon the WHO's team-based care module of the HEARTS technical package, providing guidance and resources to assist in implementing team-based care for hypertension at the primary…
Program implementation
Journal Article: "Dyskalemia risk associated with fixed-dose anti-hypertensive medication combinations"

Dyskalemia risk associated with fixed-dose anti-hypertensive medication combinations

Li Qin et al.
September 23, 2021
Article published in the Journal of Human Hypertension in September 2021
Journal articles
1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 26

Filters

Filter by Priority:
Explore key resources:
Filter by strategy:
Setting
Guidance type
Filter by Keyword:
Resources from RTSL country offices: