Resolve To Save Lives

Resolve To Save Lives

Accelerates action against deadly health threats

Overview

Resolve To Save Lives partners with others to speed action against the world’s deadliest health threats. It identifies top threats that can be halted, co-creates simple solutions, tests them, and scales proven interventions worldwide. The work combines technical, operational, and policy efforts to move life-saving solutions from idea to real-world impact. Its goal is to reduce deaths from preventable health threats by accelerating the adoption and scale of effective interventions globally.

About Resolve To Save Lives

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Rated A on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consulting

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Healthcare

Biotechnology

Data & Analytics

Cybersecurity

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$215M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Mozambique training since January 2026 demonstrates scalable 7-1-7 implementation across cholera, Mpox, measles.
  • WHO Technical Package on Lead Poisoning launching 2027 expands RTSL's influence in global health policy.
  • Angela Sun's board appointment brings venture capital discipline and cross-sector expertise for sustainable growth.

What critics are saying

  • Bloomberg Philanthropies funding cuts eliminate lead poisoning and hypertension programs within 18-24 months.
  • 7-1-7 framework implementation fails in resource-poor settings, eroding credibility and scalability by mid-2027.
  • WHO standalone frameworks marginalize RTSL's co-developed initiatives, diverting government adoption and funding channels.

What makes Resolve To Save Lives unique

  • 7-1-7 framework adopted by 30+ countries and WHO as real-time outbreak detection standard.
  • Embedded in 60+ countries with proven track record preventing 9 million heart attack deaths.
  • Integrated primary health care emergency preparedness through ERPHC framework with WHO partnership.

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Total Funding

$215M

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Benefits

Health Insurance

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6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
Resolve to Save Lives
Mar 30th, 2026
Resolve to Save Lives appoints Angela Sun to Board of Directors.

Resolve to Save Lives appoints Angela Sun to Board of Directors. * March 30, 2026 MARCH 30, 2026 - Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) announced today that Angela Sun, Principal at Hyland Ventures, joined its Board of Directors and the organization's Audit & Finance Committee effective March 29, 2026. "We're delighted to welcome Angela Sun to our global Board," said Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. "Angela brings exceptional strategic thinking, financial expertise, and deep experience driving results. Her perspective will strengthen our ability to tackle the world's leading causes of death and disability." Ms. Sun currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Western Union Company, Cushman & Wakefield, and Maxim Crane Works. Previously, she was Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Alpha Edison, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm. She spent ten years at Bloomberg LP, most recently serving as Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development. She also oversaw Bloomberg Institute, the education business serving 1,500 universities worldwide. From 2008 to 2014, she was Chief-of-Staff to Bloomberg's CEO, where she led corporate-wide strategic planning, new business development, growth efforts in emerging markets and Asia, and the creation of Bloomberg Enterprise. Prior to joining Bloomberg, L.P., Ms. Sun served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Bloomberg Administration, where she oversaw a citywide portfolio of economic development agencies and led urban planning and real estate projects. "I'm honored to be stepping into this role at such a critical time when effective public health systems are more important than ever," said Ms. Sun. "Resolve to Save Lives stands out for its focus on durable, country-led solutions, and I'm excited to support efforts that bring about meaningful change and save lives." "Angela brings critical cross-sector experience to our work with partners to create and scale solutions to the world's deadliest health threats," said Dr. Farzad Mostashari, Board Chair of Resolve to Save Lives and CEO of Aledade. "We deeply value her ability to bridge sectors and bring a disciplined, thoughtful approach to complex challenges. I look forward to her contributions to our active, committed board." Ms. Sun graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She serves on a number of non-profit, arts, and philanthropic organizations: she is a Trustee of Second Stage Theatre, an Elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Board, Class Chair of the John Harvard Society, and a former Director of Women's World Banking. Sun is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Economic Forum, and serves on the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Advisory Council. To learn more about Resolve to Save Lives' Board of Directors, visit: https://resolvetosavelives.org/about/team/ Media contact. About Resolve to Save Lives. Resolve to Save Lives is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world's deadliest health threats. Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives Inc. has worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries and supported programs that will prevent more than 9 million heart attack deaths. To find out more, visit: resolvetosavelives.org or LinkedIn.

Resolve to Save Lives
Mar 6th, 2026
Taking blood pressure control to SCALE: training NCD program managers in the Philippines.

Taking blood pressure control to SCALE: training NCD program managers in the Philippines. * March 6, 2026 Resolve to Save Lives recently partnered with The Disease Prevention and Control Bureau of the Department of Health Philippines and WHO Philippines to facilitate the second workshop in the Philippines for program managers overseeing NCD and cardiovascular disease programs. The training provided practical skills for program managers implementing the WHO HEARTS technical package across service delivery, medicines access, workforce organization, and monitoring systems. It was the second workshop in the SCALE training series; a December training included thirty national and subnational program managers, some of whom returned as facilitators to offer peer learning and lived implementation experience. Program managers from 11 regions of the Philippines completed this training and left with concrete action plans for hypertension control implementation in their regions - turning insights into action.

Resolve to Save Lives
Mar 4th, 2026
Advancing global frameworks to prevent lead poisoning.

Advancing global frameworks to prevent lead poisoning. * March 4, 2026 In partnership with the World Health Organization, Resolve to Save Lives co-led a technical webinar outlining two new frameworks to address lead poisoning: the WHO Global Action Plan on Lead Mitigation and the forthcoming WHO Technical Package on Lead Poisoning Prevention, both slated for publication in 2027. Dr. David Berendes, its Senior Technical Advisor for Lead Poisoning Prevention, presented an overview of the Technical Package - which Resolve to Save Lives has partnered with WHO on to develop as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Lead Poisoning Prevention Initiative. Complementing the Global Action Plan, the Technical Package will provide practical, evidence-based guidance for countries to take action against lead. At the webinar subject matter experts provided feedback on the two frameworks, with a rich discussion covering multisectoral leadership, informal sector engagement, and prioritization in low- and middle-income countries - which are overwhelmingly affected by lead exposure. Participants were invited to complete a follow-up survey and submit country case studies as examples of successful regulatory action, source identification, and public health response. Lead remains in many common household products and industrial environments - including paint, spices, cosmetics, and lead-acid battery recycling facilities - and causes an estimated 3.5 million cardiovascular-related deaths annually. Globally, 1 in 3 children are affected by lead poisoning, making this an urgent area for public health action.

Resolve to Save Lives
Feb 27th, 2026
Building "Emergency-Ready" health systems.

Building "Emergency-Ready" health systems. * February 27, 2026 Its Director of Primary Health Care Dr Stacey Mearns recently shared Resolve to Save Lives' vision for a safer world with nearly 50 experts from around the world at a global workshop in Cairo. For too long, primary health care systems have faced persistent gaps in emergency preparedness and response. That's why Resolve to Save Lives Inc. worked with partners World Health Organization and Robert Koch Institute to create Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC), a framework that embeds emergency preparedness into primary health care. The ERPHC framework prepares primary health care systems to prevent, detect and respond to public health emergencies while maintaining essential health services. In Cairo, Resolve to Save Lives Inc. worked to further refine the framework's architecture and guidance as Resolve to Save Lives Inc. prepare to introduce it to a global audience. The workshop marked an important step toward building resilient primary health care systems that are well-prepared for the next public health emergency.

PR Newswire
Jun 18th, 2024
New Report Offers Lessons On Stopping Disease Outbreaks, Amid Global Spread Of H5N1

Resolve to Save Lives report shows how public health specialists around the world controlled bird flu and other outbreaks last yearNEW YORK, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) spreading worldwide, Finland provides a lesson in how to bring an outbreak under control quickly. After a deadly outbreak of H5N1 was found on a fur farm last summer, the country's human and animal health authorities launched a joint rapid response that ended the outbreak before any humans were affected.This is just one example of how public health specialists around the world are stopping disease outbreaks in their tracks, before they have a chance to make headlines. Today, Resolve to Save Lives is releasing its "Epidemics that Didn't Happen" report, celebrating six successful outbreak responses in 2023 and demonstrating the transformative impact of sustained investment in epidemic preparedness."Preparedness works. We can change the trajectory of an outbreak when we invest in preparing for it and responding rapidly after it has been detected," said Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. "While the hard work of epidemic preparedness and health protection often goes unnoticed, it can mean the difference between a small outbreak and a large epidemic."Along with bird flu in Finland, the report chronicles how public health workers stopped cholera in Bangladesh, dengue fever in Somalia, Lassa fever in Ghana, Neethling disease in Cambodia, and leptospirosis in Vanuatu

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