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Resolve to Save Lives partnered with HealthLearn to develop free, mobile-optimized training courses that help frontline health care workers recognize, report and contain infectious disease outbreaks. Recently, one of these…
In partnership with Resolve to Save Lives, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare unveiled a bold new strategy to strengthen collaboration toward preventing premature deaths from heart disease…
Resolve to Save Lives recently supported the passage of Nigeria’s first subnational health security bill in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the Government of…
At this year’s 77th World Health Assembly, Resolve to Save Lives and NCD Alliance cohosted an in-person side event, as part of our collaboration with WHO, about the importance of…
In her latest op-ed for Think Global Health, our Senior Vice President for Prevent Epidemics, Amanda McClelland, explains how early access to flexible funding at the first sign of an…
The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted a symposium at the annual conference of the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) in Cape Town, South Africa. Panelists from the Nigeria Center for Disease…
Resolve to Save Lives announced today the appointment of Nanlop Adenike Ogbureke as its new Executive Director in Nigeria. Ogbureke has more than 20 years of experience in the health…
We partnered with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health and National Primary Health Care Development Agency to pilot a self-paced digital hypertension management course that doctors, nurses and community health workers…
We launched our new Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care program in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda to make sure their primary health facilities can detect outbreaks promptly and safely deliver…
Nigeria passed a new best practice trans fat elimination policy that will save approximately 1,200 lives each year.
The Prevent Epidemics team held the first-ever gathering of its dedicated preparedness teams, also known as acceleration teams, in Nairobi, Kenya. Teams from DRC, Ethiopia, Liberia and Uganda gathered with…
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Resolve to Save Lives partnered with organizations across 22 countries in Africa to support health care worker training and mentorship in primary health…
In partnership with public health institutions in eight African countries, Resolve to Save Lives released an issue brief outlining five proven approaches for national governments to significantly improve epidemic detection…
Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has helped the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the African Field Epidemiology Network establish and maintain the Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund (ROIF).…
Our team supported the Global Health Advocacy Incubator to generate a 100% increase in funding for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control between 2019 and 2021.
Our team worked with a coalition including the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization to improve Nigeria’s ability to test…
The COVID-19 pandemic rattled supply chains across the world. When the virus hit Nigeria, the country lacked many lifesaving health supplies to combat the virus. Working with the Nigeria Centre…
Resolve’s Nigeria Country Representative Dr. Emmanuel Agogo published an OpEd in PUNCH highlighting the urgency of addressing high blood pressure in Nigeria. Task-sharing, a strategy that shifts tasks from doctors…
With the support of Resolve to Save Lives Technical Officer Dr. Kufor Osi and Nigeria Country Representative Dr. Emmanuel Agogo, the Nigeria Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) launched its first pilot…
In Nigeria, our partners are working to protect health care workers and keep essential health services running during the pandemic.
We formalized our partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to continue supporting efforts including National Action Plan for Health Security implementation and lab network strengthening.
In partnership with the World Health Organization, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health launched the first National Multi-sectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.
Our Prevent Epidemics team supported a WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Capacity Strengthening workshop with representatives from 6 countries in Abuja, Nigeria.
We helped design and implement a free, user-friendly tool to help officials from 13 different organizations within the Nigerian government to coordinate their National Action Plan for Health Security.
As part of our collaboration with the National Center for Disease Control, laboratory network consultant Celestina Obiekea conducted an assessment of yellow fever diagnosis capacity in laboratories in Nigeria.
Nigeria launched its National Action Plan for Health Security, a five-year roadmap for coordinating and implementing systems to find, stop and prevent health threats.
Dr. Chris Lee traveled to Nigeria to support the government’s development of their National Action Plan for Health Security.
