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Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC) framework and technical package

Resolve to Save Lives

Strengthening country architecture for epidemic preparedness

Resolve to Save Lives

7-1-7: rapid improvement for early disease detection and response

7-1-7 Alliance

Considerations for the Development of a National Public Health Institute (NPHI)

Resolve to Save Lives

The true cost of failing to protect health care workers

The World Bank, Resolve to Save Lives

Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Policy

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPC) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2021/22-2025/26

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy and Roadmap 2021/22-2025/26

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 2: Advanced and special settings

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 1: General infection prevention and control

Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Unleashing the full potential of 7-1-7

7-1-7 Alliance

From signals to systems: Strengthening epidemic readiness through climate-informed strategies

Resolve to Save Lives

Foundations for sustainable health: A blueprint for building epidemic-ready and climate-resilient primary health care

Resolve to Save Lives and Jacobs Solutions

From 18 countries to yours: Actionable 7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights

7-1-7 Alliance

Actionable 7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights: Resources for rapid outbreak investigation

7-1-7 Alliance

Development and Implementation of a Public Health Event Management System, Nigeria, 2018–2024

Emerging Infectious Diseases

A research agenda for urban health security

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Development of a Subnational Health Security Capacities Assessment Tool: Lessons From Nigeria and Implications for the Implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Strategy

Health Security

Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy

IJTLD

7-1-7 for Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation

7-1-7 Alliance

Advocacy as easy as 7-1-7

7-1-7 Alliance

Continuous improvement with 7-1-7

7-1-7 Alliance

Why 7-1-7? The evidence behind the global target for containing epidemic threat

7-1-7 Alliance

Overview of the 7-1-7 Alliance

7-1-7 Alliance

Digital toolkit

7-1-7 Alliance

Protéger le Personnel de Santé: Il est Urgent D’agir

Resolve to Save Lives

PMEP Application

Resolve to Save Lives

Rapid Outbreak Financing to Prevent Epidemics

Resolve to Save Lives

Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness

Resolve to Save Lives

PERC Briefing on Economic Burden of COVID-19

Resolve to Save Lives

Prévention des Épidémies Ce que les Communautés, les Pays et le Monde Peuvent Faire Pour Progresser

Resolve to Save Lives

Prévenir Les Épidémies Comment les Communautés, les Pays et le Monde Peuvent S’impliquer

Resolve to Save Lives

Considérations Liées au Développement d’un Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP)

Resolve to Save Lives

How ready is your country for the next epidemic?

Resolve to Save Lives

Letter to Congressional Leaders

Resolve to Save Lives

Developing the 2024 National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Annual Operational Plan (AOP)

Resolve to Save Lives

NAPHS Tracker

Resolve to Save Lives

Operational Planning and Priority-Setting Using 7-1-7 to Strengthen Uganda’s Health Security

Resolve to Save Lives

Joint External Evaluation Overview

Resolve to Save Lives

International Health Regulations (2005) Core Capacities

Resolve to Save Lives

$113 Billion Can Prepare Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Prevent and Respond to Epidemics

Resolve to Save Lives

How to Facilitate a Training of Trainers

Resolve to Save Lives

How to Effectively Lead Groups Online

Resolve to Save Lives

Conseils pour la mise en place d’une communauté virtuelle de pratique

Resolve to Save Lives

How to Build a Virtual Community of Practice

Resolve to Save Lives

How to Adapt In-Person Training for Online Settings

Resolve to Save Lives

Letter to Congress

Resolve to Save Lives

Guide D’action de Plaidoyer: Un Référentiel Pour Les Campagnes De Plaidoyer Stratégiques

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Dedicated Preparedness Teams

Resolve to Save Lives

Advocacy Action Guide: A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns

Resolve to Save Lives

Public Health Media Advocacy Action Guide: Elements Of A Media Advocacy Campaign

Resolve to Save Lives

A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns: Concluding Your Campaign: A Checklist

Resolve to Save Lives

Plaidoyer – Guide d’action. Outils Pour Des Campagnes De Plaidoyer Stratégiques.

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Évaluation Externe Conjointe

Resolve to Save Lives

Le Règlement Sanitaire International (2005)

Resolve to Save Lives

Fast-Tracking Funding for Epidemic Preparedness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Resolve to Save Lives

Droits et obligations des États Parties au Règlement sanitaire international (2005)

Resolve to Save Lives

Comment gérer efficacement les groupes en ligne

Resolve to Save Lives

Comment animer une formation de formateur

Resolve to Save Lives

12 Characteristics of an Effective Public Health Emergency Law

Resolve to Save Lives

Revealing the Toll of COVID-19: A Technical Package for Rapid Mortality Surveillance and Epidemic Response

Resolve to Save Lives

Guide for Analysis of Respiratory Syndromic Surveillance Data

Resolve to Save Lives

Annex 1: How to create a COVID-19 alert-level system and supporting communication tools in resource-constrained settings

Resolve to Save Lives

Prévention et contrôle des infections contre la maladie à virus Ebola et la COVID-19

Resolve to Save Lives

Infection Prevention and Control for Ebola (EVD) and COVID-19

Resolve to Save Lives

A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns Strategic Planning: Talking with Policy-Makers

Resolve to Save Lives

A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns Strategic Planning: How-to Guide

Resolve to Save Lives

A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns Strong Partnership Coordination: A 5-Step Process

Resolve to Save Lives

Elements Of A Media Advocacy Campaign: What You Need to Know

Resolve to Save Lives

A ToolKit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns: Elements of a Policy Advocacy Campaign

Prevent Epidemics

“Voices” of Long COVID Stress the Urgency of COVID-19 Vaccination

Resolve to Save Lives

Strengthening Epidemic Preparedness at the Country Level

Resolve to Save Lives

Renforcer la préparation aux épidémies au niveau national

Resolve to Save Lives

International Health Regulations FAQ’s

Resolve to Save Lives

PMEP 2023-2024: Questions Fréquemment Posées

Resolve to Save Lives

PMEP 2023-2024: Frequently Asked Questions

Resolve to Save Lives

PMEP Overview

Resolve to Save Lives

Présentation de PMEP

Resolve to Save Lives

7-1-7 Pilot Project

Resolve to Save Lives

Messages clés de prévention et contrôle des infections (PCI) pour la maladie à virus Ebola dans les structures de soins de santé

Resolve to Save Lives

Key Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Messages for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at Health Care Facilities

Resolve to Save Lives

International Health Regulations (IHR) Overview

Resolve to Save Lives

Joint External Evaluation

Resolve to Save Lives

Measures to Improve COVID-19 Response

Resolve to Save Lives

Building resilient populations in the face of COVID-19

Resolve to Save Lives

Urban pandemic response: Survey results describing the experiences from twenty-five cities during the COVID-19 pandemic

PLOS Global Public Health

Understanding, preventing, and stopping epidemics

The Lancet

Timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in Kenya

IJTLD OPEN

The world must prepare now for the next pandemic

BMJ Global Health

The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care

The Lancet Public Health

The Centrality of Communities and Civil Society in Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention. A Framework for Improved Preparedness and Response

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

The amended international health regulations: Implications and challenges for domestic legal frameworks

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management

TB preventive therapy: uptake and time to initiation during implementation of ‘7-1-7’

IJTLD OPEN

Safer primary healthcare facilities are needed to protect healthcare workers and maintain essential services: lessons learned from a multicountry COVID-19 emergency response initiative

BMJ Global Health

Reviewing Health Security Capacities in Nigeria Using the Updated WHO Joint External Evaluation and WHO Benchmarks Tool: Experience from a Country-Led Self-Assessment Exercise

Health Security

Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries

Human Resources for Health

Psychosocial determinants of adherence to public health and social measures (PHSMs) in 18 African Union Member States during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open

Protecting the world from infectious disease threats: now or never

BMJ Global Health

Preparing for pandemics and other health threats: societal approaches to protect and improve health

Journal of the American Medical Association

Nigeria’s joint external evaluation and national action plan for health security

Health Security

Multisectoral resilience for the next global health emergency

BMJ Global Health

Modelling the economic burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers in four countries

Nature Communications

Investing in global health security: Estimating cost requirements for country-level capacity building

PLOS Global Public Health

Implementation of the 7-1-7 target for detection, notification, and response to public health threats in five countries: a retrospective, observational study

The Lancet Global Health

Impact of a Newly Established Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund on Timeliness of Response to Public Health Emergencies in Nigeria

Health Security

Identifying and Interrupting Superspreading Events—Implications for Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Emerging Infectious Diseases

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: February 14, 2022 Annex

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: February 14, 2022

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: December 22, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: November 1, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: September 1, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 20, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 2, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: July 16, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

From lionizing to protecting health care workers during and after COVID‐19—systems solutions for human tragedies

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: June 4, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

Feasibility, enablers and challenges of using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy in Pakistan

PLoS One

Digital Point Solutions for Extending Contact Tracing Capacity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: April 17 – May 13, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: March 18 – April 16, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: March 3 – 17, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: February 22 – March 2, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

Development of a simple and effective online training for health workers: results from a pilot in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: January 30 – February 17, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

Defining collaborative surveillance to improve decision making for public health emergencies and beyond

The Lancet

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: January 16th-29th, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Análisis científico a fondo: 19 de diciembre de 2020 – 8 de enero de 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revue scientifique approfondie : 19 décembre 2020 – 8 janvier 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revisão Científica Aprofundada: 19 de dezembro de 2020 a 8 de janeiro de 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: December 19, 2020 – January 8, 2021

Resolve to Save Lives

Protecting Health Care Workers: A Need for Urgent Action

Resolve to Save Lives

How do local-level authorities engage in epidemic and pandemic preparedness activities and coordinate with higher levels of government? Survey results from 33 cities

PLOS Global Public Health

COVID-19 / Análisis científico a fondo: 12-18 de diciembre de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revue scientifique approfondie : 12-18 décembre 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revisão Científica Aprofundada: 12 a 18 de dezembro de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: December 12 – 18, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revisão Científica Aprofundada: 5 a 11 de dezembro de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Análisis científico a fondo: 5-11 de diciembre de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revue scientifique approfondie : 5 au 11 décembre 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: December 5 – 11, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Análisis científico a fondo: 14 de noviembre – 4 de diciembre de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / Revisão Científica Aprofundada: 14 de novembro a 4 de dezembro de 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: November 14 – December 4, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: November 7 – 13, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: October 31 – November 6, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: October 10 – 30, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: October 3 – 9, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: September 26 – October 2, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: September 19 – 25, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: September 12 – 18, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 29 – September 11, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 22 – 28, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 15 – 21, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

PERC Brief

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 8 – 14, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: August 1 – 7, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: July 25 – 31, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: July 18 – 24, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: July 11 – 17, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: July 4 – 10, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: June 27 – July 3, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: June 20 – 26, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: June 13 – 19, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: June 6 – 12, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: May 30 – June 5, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

Building National Health Security Through a Rapid Self-Assessment and Annual Operational Plan in Uganda, May to September 2021

Health Security

Association Between Preparedness and Response Measures and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality

medRxiv

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: May 23 – 29, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 Risk Alert Levels

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: May 10 – 17, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: May 2 – 8, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: April 25 – May 1, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: April 18 – 24, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: April 11 – 17, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: April 4 – 10, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: March 28 – April 3, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

Assessing and reducing risk to health care workers in outbreaks

Health Security

COVID-19 / In-Depth Science Review: January 9th-15th, 2020

Resolve to Save Lives

Applying ‘timeliness’ to the screening and prevention of TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients

IJTLD OPEN

Addressing the challenges of implementing evidence-based prioritisation in global health

BMJ Global Health

Action-based costing for national action plans for health security: accelerating progress toward the International Health Regulations (2005)

Health Security

7-1-7: an organising principle, target, and accountability metric to make the world safer from pandemics

The Lancet