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WHO Sodium Country Score Card

World Health Organization
March 20, 2024
WHO’s monitoring tool that tracks countries’ progress in implementing policies and programs on population sodium reduction. For other relevant score cards see: Front-of-pack and other interpretive nutrition labelling  Public food…
Advocacy and communications Monitoring and evaluation
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Guide to developing nutrition standards

Resolve to Save Lives
March 1, 2024
Specific, measurable, and enforceable global standards for public food procurement

Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness

Resolve to Save Lives
March 1, 2024
An overview of program management for epidemic preparedness and how to strengthen health security through shared learning and peer exchange.
Brief
Understanding, preventing, and stopping epidemics

Understanding, preventing, and stopping epidemics

The Lancet
March 1, 2024
The Smithsonian exhibition, Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World, shows that we cannot wait for the next epidemic—we must act on current information to end preventable outbreaks.
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Saving lives through comprehensive sodium reduction

RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES
February 29, 2024
A six-step guide developed by Resolve to Save Lives that governments can follow to help reduce sodium consumption at the national level.
Advocacy and communications
Designing an optimal digital tool for hypertension and other long-term treatment programs

Designing an optimal digital tool for hypertension and other long-term treatment programs

Resolve to Save Lives
February 29, 2024
Step-by-step guidance for creating an effective digital tool for hypertension management and other chronic disease programs
Tools and toolkits
TFA regulation checklist

Policy Inventory for Effective Trans Fat Regulations

Resolve to Save Lives
February 29, 2024
Checklist to determine if an existing or proposed regulation includes the key provisions necessary to effectively eliminate trans fat
Policy development
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Validated Automated Blood Pressure Devices

Resolve to Save Lives
February 29, 2024
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on why validated, digital blood pressure monitors are preferred.
Training materials Clinic resources
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Nutrient Profile Models: A valuable tool for developing healthy food policies

Global Health Advocacy Incubator
February 23, 2024
A position paper from GHAI, Resolve to Save Lives, and partners presenting best practices for defining, selecting, and using effective nutrient profile models in healthy food policy development.

Blood pressure poster study

RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES
February 2, 2024
A qualitative study conducted by Resolve to Save Lives determined this poster to be the most impactful for encouraging patients to take their blood pressure medications daily. Forty patients from…
Advocacy and communications

Developing the 2024 National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Annual Operational Plan (AOP)

Resolve to Save Lives
February 2, 2024
An overview of the process of developing the 2024 National Action Plan for Health Security Annual Operational Plan in Nigeria.
Case studies
Timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in Kenya

Timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in Kenya

IJTLD OPEN
February 1, 2024
Our colleagues assessed whether the 7-1-7”timeliness metric could be implemented in Kenya for screening and tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT), and proposed an adaptation: “3-5-7”.
Journal articles
WHO trans fat

WHO fact sheet: trans fat

World Health Organization
January 31, 2024
Key facts on trans fat and WHO’s response
Tools and toolkits
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Replacing Trans Fat the Healthiest Way

Resolve to Save Lives
January 31, 2024
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on healthier replacement oils
Advocacy and communications
Frequently Asked Questions: Hypertension Management

Frequently asked questions: Hypertension management

Resolve to Save Lives
January 31, 2024
FAQs on hypertension management compiled by Resolve to Save Lives
Clinic resources Monitoring and evaluation Program implementation
trans fat comms toolkit WHO Resolve to Save Lives

Trans fat elimination communications toolkit

World Health Organization, Resolve to Save Lives
January 30, 2024
Toolkit for communications and advocacy activities to accelerate the adoption of trans fat elimination policies, including social media resources and customizable templates
Advocacy and communications Tools and toolkits
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WHO South-East Asia Region Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods

World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office
January 1, 2024
A document that tailors the 2021 global sodium benchmarks for packaged food categories to the South-East Asia Region, incorporating regional food sources and sodium levels to support countries in setting…
The world must prepare now for the next pandemic

The world must prepare now for the next pandemic

BMJ Global Health
January 1, 2024
Preparing for the next pandemic requires sustained government funding, efficient financial mechanisms, better public health capacity, strong global leadership, and a commitment to collaboration.
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Trans fat stats for selected countries

Resolve to Save Lives
December 20, 2023
Excel file with stats for selected countries including annual deaths from TFA consumption and potential lives saved  between now and 2047.
Tools and toolkits
RTSL Six step guide hypertension program

Managing Large-Scale Hypertension Control Programs: A Six-Step Guide

Resolve to Save Lives
December 1, 2023
Our guide for program managers starting up national or subnational hypertension control programs, broken down into six steps and and supported by practical tools from our hypertension control resource library and…
UNGA Advocacy and communications Program implementation
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