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Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a nonprofit global health organization that works with partners worldwide to create solutions to deadly health threats.[1] The organization focuses on epidemic prevention, blood pressure control, and healthier food, among other program areas.[2] The organization employs professionals based in the U.S., India, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Resolve to Save Lives is headed by president and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden, an infectious disease physician and public health expert and former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

History

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Launched in 2017 as a part of Vital Strategies, Resolve to Save Lives became an independent nonprofit organization in 2022.[3] Initial funders of Resolve to Save Lives include Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gates Philanthropy Partners, which is funded with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation.[4]

Program areas

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Cardiovascular health

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Since its inception in 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has partnered with communities, countries, and global organizations with the aim of preventing 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease within 30 years. [5][6][7][8][9]

Blood pressure control

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RTSL’s partnerships with the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Heart Federation,[10] the Pan American Health Organization, [11]country governments, and additional stakeholders has provided countries with technical and operational support to implement sustainable programs and save lives from cardiovascular disease. RTSL’s partners have enrolled more than 30 million people in blood pressure control programs. [12][13]

Healthier food

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Resolve to Save Lives has partnered with WHO and others with the goal of reducing global salt intake by 30 percent by 2050 and eliminating artificial trans fat from the global food supply by 2030.[14][15][16]

As of 2023, 53 countries, representing nearly 4 billion people, have implemented WHO-recommended best practices that include bans or limits on trans fat.[17]

Epidemic prevention

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RTSL was founded in the wake of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, an event that foreshadowed weaknesses in the world’s ability to prevent the next epidemic. Drawing inspiration from the successful control of Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria, Resolve to Save Lives assessed and partnered to improve epidemic readiness across several countries.[18]

RTSL publishes reports on “Epidemics That Didn’t Happen.” [19] [20][21]

Covid-19 response

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RTSL’s Covid-19 response supported more than 60 countries and trained 40,000 healthcare workers who care for over 122 million people worldwide. [22] RTSL collaborated with The New York Times to develop a county-level COVID-19 risk assessment tracker, which provided which provided insights into the spread and severity of the virus across the United States.[23]

RTSL co-led the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) - a public-private partnership that supported evidence-based measures to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on African Union Member States. PERC collected social, economic, epidemiologic, population movement and security data from over 20 African countries, providing insights on the effectiveness and public perception of evidence-based policy decisions.[24]

RTSL also promoted a structured COVID-19 Risk Alert Level system, a tiered measure based on local transmission and capacity that can communicate changing risk levels clearly to inform and empower individuals and communities.[25][26]

7-1-7 Alliance

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In 2021, Resolve to Save Lives proposed the 7-1-7 target: the first real-time measure of how quickly health systems find and stop epidemic threats.[27][28] Developed and refined with its partners in Brazil, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda, the 7-1-7 target has been adopted by the WHO, the Pandemic Fund, the World Bank, and The Global Fund. In 2023, the 7-1-7 Alliance formed to accelerate the adoption and achievement of the target, which more than two dozen countries are using to improve how they respond to outbreaks. [29][30][31]

Recognition

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2024 World Hypertension League Organizational Excellence Award.[32]

References

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  1. ^ "Resolve to Save Lives". Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  2. ^ "Resolve to Save Lives". NCD Alliance. NCD Alliance. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  3. ^ "Resolve to Save Lives Launches as Independent Organization". Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  4. ^ "About Us". Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  5. ^ Frieden, Thomas R.; Sharma, Manoj; Leppard, Benjamin (April 2010). "A framework for public health action: The health impact pyramid". American Journal of Public Health. 100 (4): 590–595. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.185652. PMC 8031351. PMID 20167880. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  6. ^ "Resolve to Save Lives – Cardiovascular Health in the Americas". Pan American Health Organization. PAHO. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  7. ^ "NIH Videocast – [Event Title]". NIH VideoCast. U.S. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  8. ^ "Working Together to Address Global Cardiovascular Disease". CDC Foundation Blog. CDC Foundation. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  9. ^ Frieden, Thomas R.; Bloom, Barry R.; Khan, Mohammad (30 September 2017). "The future of public health". The Lancet. 390 (10106): 1467–1468. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32443-1. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  10. ^ "WHF partners with Resolve to Save Lives to promote new WHO's hypertension guidelines". World Heart Federation. World Heart Federation. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  11. ^ "Resolve to Save Lives – Cardiovascular Health in the Americas". Pan American Health Organization. PAHO. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  12. ^ "WHO Global Report on Hypertension". World Health Organization. WHO. 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  13. ^ "Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990–2019". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 83 (20): 1929–1945. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.037. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  14. ^ "Opinion: Ban trans fats and help Americans choose healthier food". USA Today. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  15. ^ "Food Fight: Fighting for Healthier Food Is a Life-or-Death Struggle". Think Global Health. Council on Foreign Relations. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  16. ^ "Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2022 progress report". World Health Organization. WHO. 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  17. ^ "Trans fat: The invisible killer we must eliminate from the world's food supply". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  18. ^ "Press Release – NCDC Partners with Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) to Prevent Epidemics in Nigeria". Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. NCDC. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  19. ^ Zimmer, Carl (27 December 2022). "The World Has Not Learned Its Lessons From the Pandemic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  20. ^ Frieden, Thomas R. (18 June 2024). "Bird flu is a serious risk. The US must prepare now". CNN. CNN. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  21. ^ "New report offers lessons on stopping disease outbreaks; features two successful responses in Africa". African Media Agency. African Media Agency. 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  22. ^ "About Us". Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  23. ^ "Covid Risk Map: Tracking Covid-19 in the U.S." The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  24. ^ "Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 with Resolve to Save Lives". National Academies. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  25. ^ "COVID-19 Risk Alert Levels". Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  26. ^ "Where each state is on coronavirus infections". The Washington Post. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  27. ^ McGinty, Tom (13 February 2021). "Will We Be Ready for the Next Pandemic?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  28. ^ "Will the world be ready for the next pandemic?". The Lancet. 397 (10280): 1683. 8 May 2021. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01250-2. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  29. ^ "Our Partners". 7-1-7 Alliance. Resolve to Save Lives. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  30. ^ "Accelerating Response to Health Emergencies: 7-1-7 target for detection, notification and response". World Health Organization. WHO. 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  31. ^ "EMPHNET Joins the 7-1-7 Alliance to Advance Timely Outbreak Response". EMPHNET. Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network. 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  32. ^ "WHO Global Report on Hypertension". World Health Organization. WHO. 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
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