How event-based surveillance is saving lives across Africa
We partnered with National Public Health Institutes in five African countries to detect outbreaks faster using early warning signals.
From signals to systems: Strengthening epidemic readiness through climate-informed strategies
This issue brief outlines how Resolve to Save Lives is supporting governments to strengthen epidemic readiness by integrating climate data into health systems. Key strategies include building epidemic risk monitoring systems using real-time climate data, improving communication of climate-health risks, embedding climate-sensitive protocols into health policy and developing resilient primary health care infrastructure. These efforts […]
Enhanced situational awareness: taking action to stop outbreaks before they begin in Ethiopia
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and local community leaders to prevent a surge in cholera cases during a popular religious holiday.
“Surveillance is a public health superpower”
In an essay for the Financial Times, Dr. Tom Frieden explains how disease surveillance helps us foretell health disasters and see trends in diseases and health programs to save lives.
How event-based surveillance is saving lives in Sierra Leone
Resolve to Save Lives collaborated with Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and global partners to support advanced surveillance for the earliest signs of an outbreak.
How “event-based surveillance” is saving lives Sierra Leone
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and global partners to support event-based surveillance for the earliest signs of an outbreak. By focusing on advanced signals such as sudden growth in pharmacy sales or drops in school attendance, event-based surveillance will allow the Ministry to detect outbreaks more quickly, thereby […]
New report offers lessons on stopping disease outbreaks, amid global spread of H5N1
Resolve to Save Lives report shows how public health specialists around the world controlled bird flu and other outbreaks last year June 18, 2024 (New York, NY) – With the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) spreading worldwide, Finland provides a lesson in how to bring an outbreak under control quickly. After a deadly outbreak […]
In light of climate change, we need proactive approaches to minimize outbreaks
In Think Global Health, Amanda McClelland says early-warning approaches can help minimize the spread of infectious disease outbreaks.
Building an outbreak surveillance system in Zambia
We teamed up with Zambia National Public Health Institute to build an early model for a new outbreak surveillance system in a one-week design sprint.
Sprinting towards health security: how Zambia built an outbreak surveillance system in just one week
Design sprints from the tech world are changing the game in public health.
Improving the sightline on cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia
With support from Resolve to Save lives, this first-of-its-kind program helps track heart disease on the African continent.
Health security bulletin helps coordinate epidemic preparedness in Ethiopia
Dedicated preparedness team uses regular communication to support multi-sectoral collaboration.
An interactive guide to help people navigate COVID-19 risk
We partnered with the New York Times and Johns Hopkins University to create an interactive guide to help U.S. residents navigate COVID-19 risk.
Interactive online guide in the New York Times helps people understand and navigate COVID-19 risk across the U.S.
Our experts helped deliver consistent, data-driven interpretations of risk with recommended precautions during COVID-19.
Real-time data to inform decision-making about maintaining health services in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
Officials gathered data to assess the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on tuberculosis and HIV services.
Defining collaborative surveillance to improve decision making for public health emergencies and beyond
Public health emergencies such as COVID-19 and other large-scale outbreaks (cholera, measles, and mpox) are occurring with increasing frequency, magnitude, and complexity, compounded by devastating natural disasters, conflicts, and other humanitarian crises. Timely and effective intelligence is vital for decision-makers to assess risks, prepare, and respond appropriately. Experts from Resolve to Save Lives and partners […]
Mauritania: getting eyes on the virus
A group of 85 medical students was rapidly trained to investigate the scope of COVID-19.