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⚠️Did you know?
Replacing regular salt with a reduced-sodium, potassium-enriched ‘salt substitute’ significantly reduces the rates of stroke, heart attack and death.
It's time to
#SwitchTheSalt
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"Really encouraging to hear about the many countries with plans to include a specific recommendation for potassium-enriched salt in their upcoming clinical management guideline updates."
@BruceNeal1
recently attended
@ish_2024
- find out how with potassium-enriched salt, we have
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The George Institute for Global Health Retweeted
The George Institute’s Consumer and Community Advisory Committee is currently recruiting new members.
For more info head here:
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We're on a mission to put Consumer & Community Involvement [CCI] at the heart of what we do, and to achieve this goal - we need you.
Join our Consumer & Community Advisory Committee and help shape the future of our CCI Program. Your voice will ensure consumer interests lead the
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"Communicating messages about lung disease has been challenging around the world, not just in Australia."
Our colleague, Christine Jenkins in
@theMJA
discusses how evidence-based communication is crucial to shifting the narrative on lung health.
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Today marks the start of the
@ish_2024
meeting.
A chance for guidelines committees to consider including recommendations on potassium-enriched salt in their next updates.
The evidence is there – it’s time to
#SwitchTheSalt
:
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#ICYMI
- last week we shared our latest Scan Podcast featuring Prof.
@BruceNeal1
and Prof.
@alta_schutte
as they discuss the evidence around salt, potassium-enriched salt and hypertension, and why it’s now time to
#SwitchTheSalt
.
Listen here: 🔊
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Boosting potassium is key for blood pressure control, our study suggests.
With potassium-enriched salt, we have a highly feasible and low-cost opportunity to generate a massive global health benefit:
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10% of adult Australians are estimated to live with breathlessness, accounting for at least $12B of the country's economy in direct health and productivity costs every year.
More action is needed to reduce the massive societal impact:
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In 2019,
@WHO
set the target to halve the burden of snakebite by 2030.
In
@bmj_latest
our colleagues share how a core outcome set (COS) - a consensus-based list of key outcomes for research on a specific condition - has been developed for snakebite research in South Asia, the
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The George Institute for Global Health Retweeted
Antimicrobial resistance is the single biggest threat to global health. 🦠
The High-Level Meeting on 26 September is a unique opportunity for world leaders to tackle it.
Let's call on our PM to attend and take action.
#PMToTheHLM
Sign our letter 👉
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Despite global efforts to reduce salt intake, little progress has been made due to a lack of practical interventions.
Through our Salt Substitute and Stroke Study and many other large-scale studies, the evidence to
#SwitchTheSalt
is there.
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Heartening to see that integrating sex & gender into medical research is on the rise in Australia, but a lack of local policy examples and common definitions still present barriers. Read the research by
@cheryl_carcel
and SGHM Centre colleagues in MJA.
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🧂 Did you know that potassium-enriched salt looks and tastes just like regular salt?
🔁 Switching is an easy way to improve your health - and with our handy product finder, we can help you find brands available in your country.
🛒Find out more:
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Each year, 1.9M people die from heart attacks or strokes due to excess salt intake.
In
@Health_Affairs
, Prof.
@BruceNeal1
and CEO of
@ResolveTSL
,
@DrTomFrieden
discuss why switching the type of salt we use is a proven way to live longer, healthier lives:
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Autoimmune diseases are a leading cause of death in women and are four times more likely to develop in females than males.
Sue Haupt and Bronwyn Graham in
@360info_global
, examine how close we are to understanding these diseases’ link to sex differences:
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The George Institute for Global Health Retweeted
We’re halfway there!
Fantastic FIND-CKD Asia Pacific Investigator Meeting in Singapore today
With more than half of FIND-CKD participants from Asia, this was a really energising meeting - thanks to all the great investigators & trial teams from across our region
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New Research: Use of Guideline-Recommended Heart Failure Drugs in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This meta-analysis provides evidence on the global prevalence of the use of "guideline-directed medical therapy" for heart failure
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Despite the evidence, few high blood pressure treatment guidelines worldwide recommend potassium-enriched salt.
Ahead of
@ish_2024
– we’re urging guidelines committees to consider including potassium-enriched salt in their next updates.
#SwitchTheSalt
:
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Switching regular salt for potassium-enriched salt is an easy way to improve your health, but:
🌏Globally, only 35% of people get enough potassium from their diet.
Use our handy product finder to see what’s available in your country.
#SwitchTheSalt
.
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Where the salt in your diet comes from depends on where you live.
So comprehensive salt reduction strategies are needed to reduce intakes globally. 🌏
But how can we
#SwitchTheSalt
effectively, on a global scale? Find out more:
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