Epidemic intelligence Archives - Resolve to Save Lives

How “event-based surveillance” is saving lives Sierra Leone

Participants at a training for traditional healers in Kenema, Sierra Leone, in April 2024.

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 […]

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

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 […]