Malaysia Guide for Healthy School Canteen Management
Standards for foods and beverages served and sold in Malaysian schools. News article on implementation of nutrition standards: Rajaendram R. Ensuring children chomp on healthy treats. The Star Malaysia. 2018 Jan 21. Education.
India’s School Children Regulation
India’s regulation including restrictions on the advertising, marketing, or selling of food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium on school campuses or to school children in an area within fifty meters from the school gate in any direction.
Healthy Meals in School Programme
Describes program criteria and support available for schools.
Home Grown School Feeding Initiative
Website describes Initiative, which links school feeding programs with local smallholder farms to provide food for schoolchildren.
A Global Review of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines
Review of current food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG), assessing the similarities and differences in key elements across countries
Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings
Step-wise framework for monitoring, includes: 1) previous monitoring activities of school food programs, and 2) survey questions for initial assessment.
INFORMAS Public Sector Policies and Actions – The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)
The policy index measures the extent of implementation of health food environment policies by governments compared to international best practice and includes a module on Food Provision.
Healthy food procurement policies and their impact
Systematic review of the evidence base for healthy food procurement policies
Trans fat elimination communications toolkit
Toolkit for communications and advocacy activities to accelerate the adoption of trans fat elimination policies, including social media resources and customizable templates
WHO fact sheet: trans fat
Key facts on trans fat and WHO’s response
Hypertension: A neglected global health crisis
Key findings from WHO’s first-ever Global Hypertension Report, which shows that the number of people with hypertension has doubled since 1990, from 650 million to 1.3 billion, and the economic benefits of hypertension treatment outweigh costs by 18 to one.
Global report on hypertension: The race against a silent killer
WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
Understanding the role of staff nurses in hypertension management in primary care facilities in India: A time-motion study
Study estimating time spent by staff nurses on hypertension and other NCD activities in primary care facilities and time savings from the Simple app
Keep it simple: designing a user-centred digital information system to support chronic disease management in low/middle-income countries
Implementer report on the Simple mobile app from BMJ Health & Care Informatics
The world must prepare now for the next pandemic
In a commentary for BMJ Global Health, Resolve to Save Lives takes lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes an updated understanding of pandemic preparedness. Moving forward, we must secure increased and sustained funding from governments, while enhancing technical capacities and operational excellence in public health systems worldwide. Strengthening our global health architecture demands a […]
WHO South-East Asia Region Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods
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 feasible reformulation targets and advancing sodium reduction efforts.
Our formula for effective hypertension care
There are five crucial components of hypertension care at public health scale: simple treatment protocols; access to quality, affordable medications, team-based care and task sharing; patient-centered care; and strong information systems.
The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care
A new model for integrating public health and health care delivery— epidemic-ready primary health care—that can identify and stop outbreaks, maintain essential services during disruptions, strengthen population resilience, and ensure health worker and patient safety. For the Lancet Global Health, we argue that strengthening primary health-care capacities for detection, vaccination, treatment, and coordination with public […]
Sample op ed on TFA elimination
Word document with suggested language for an op ed, indicating areas to customize
Sample letter on REPLACE annual progress report
Word document with suggested language for outreach to MOHs, indicating areas to customize
Sample letter on scientific rationale for TFA elimination
Word document with suggested language for outreach to MOHs, indicating areas to customize
Trans fat stats for selected countries
Excel file with stats for selected countries including annual deaths from TFA consumption and potential lives saved between now and 2047.
Key messages on trans fat elimination
Trans what?
Fact sheet on trans fat
Alternativas saudáveis gorduras trans
Portuguese translation of “Healthy alternatives to trans fats” fact sheet
Alternatives saines aux acides gras trans
French translation of “Healthy alternatives to trans fats” fact sheet
Healthy alternatives to trans fats
Fact sheet with information on trans fats
WHO’s Science in 5: Everything you need to know about trans fat
Short video with WHO’s Dr Francesco Branca explaining which foods contain trans fat and how trans fats hurt us
Customizable fact sheet: Developing and Implementing a Trans Fat Elimination Policy
Fact sheet explaining 7 steps to developing and implementing a trans fat elimination policy. Design files available here (download).
Customizable fact sheet: Trans Fat Elimination – Reasons for Policy Action Now
Fact sheet with key statistics and arguments for trans fat elimination Design files available here