At least 1.9 million people die each year from consuming too much salt—more than any other nutritional cause. While progress has been made in improving diets in many countries, sodium reduction is falling behind—only 5% of countries have comprehensive policies and no country is anticipated to achieve the reduction target of 30% by 2025.
On May 28, join Resolve to Save Lives and NCD Alliance, as part of their collaboration with WHO, at the 77th World Health Assembly for an in-person side event emphasizing the integral need of sodium reduction within comprehensive food policies.
The event will highlight:
 — The potential for sodium reduction policies to address challenges posed by unhealthy diets and food environments
 — Why focusing on sodium reduction policies makes economic sense
 — How countries can implement effective policies that include an emphasis on sodium reduction
 — Ways that sodium reduction policies can complement existing broader nutrition strategies
Resolve to Save Lives is a not-for-profit organization partnering with countries, communities and organizations to prevent 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and make the world safer from epidemics. To find out more, visit: https://www.resolvetosavelives.org, X: @ResolveTSL, or Instagram: @resolvetosavelives
The NCD Alliance (NCDA) is a registered non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to supporting a world free from preventable suffering, disability and death caused by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Founded in 2009, NCDA brings together a unique network of over 300 members in more than 80 countries into a respected, united and credible global civil society movement. The movement is unified by the cross-cutting nature of common risk factors including unhealthy diets, use of alcohol and tobacco, air pollution and physical inactivity, and the system solutions for chronic NCDs such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, mental health and neurological disorders.