This NCD Hard Talk with the WHO unveils global and national efforts needed to shape NCD medicines markets and improve equitable access for all. 

This virtual event, organised by NCD Alliance and Resolve to Save Lives will focus on what is working well in industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) elimination strategies with a particular regional focus, and on where gaps to achieve iTFA elimination still exist. 

Substantial progress has been made on the removal of harmful trans fat from food: 58 countries have introduced laws to date that will protect more than 3 billion people from the toxic fat. 

To hear more about civil society engagement in the COVID-19 response at national and local levels, join in WHO's webinar on Wednesday 8 July 2020 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CEST.

Heartfile publishes a situational analysis on trans fatty acid (TFA) elimination in Pakistan in the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (May 2020). It provides an overview of TFA sources in Pakistan, introducing the country’s regulatory framework governing food, and suggests steps to eliminate industrially-produced TFA from the Pakistani diet.