At Health Relief and Development organization , we are committed to advancing public health by advocating for stronger regulations aimed at eliminating industrially produced trans fats from our food supply. Trans fats are a silent but powerful threat to global health. Despite the significant progress made in recent years, the battle is far from over. In fact, the World Health […]

On the 5th of July 2024, the Rwanda Biomedical Center(RBC) in collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) and Health Relief and Development Organization hosted a stakeholder sensitization workshop on trans-fat elimination in Rwanda. The main objective of the workshop was to engage key stakeholders in development of trans-fat regulation and discussing public health implications of trans-fats and why they […]

Elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA) from the global food supply by 2023 is a priority target of the World Health Organization (WHO). Trans -fatty acids (TFAs) are unsaturated fats found in foods obtained from ruminants, such as dairy products and meat, and in industrially produced partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHO) – the main sources of industrial trans-fatty acids […]