In 2013, the WHO recommended that all member states aim to reduce population salt intake
by 30% by 2025. The year 2019 represents the midpoint, making it a critical time to assess
countries' progress towards this target. This review aims to identify all national salt reduction
initiatives around the world in 2019, and to quantify countries' progress in achieving the salt
reduction target. Relevant data were identified through searches of peer-reviewed and gray
literature, supplemented with responses from prefilled country questionnaires sent to known …