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Epidemic ready primary health care (ERPHC)

Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC) Framework and Operational Guide

Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC) Framework and Operational Guide

RTSL and WHO
The ERPHC Framework and Operational Guide offers a practical approach to embedding preparedness, response and resilience within routine PHC systems.

ERPHC and 7-1-7: A Measles Case Study in Sierra Leone

Resolve to Save Lives
A study of 52 measles cases across 4 primary health facilities in Sierra Leone showed failed surge readiness due to supply gaps and referral pathways

Strengthening frontline worker outbreak preparedness and response knowledge in Nigeria and Uganda

Resolve to Save Lives
A mobile training model helps frontline workers respond to outbreaks faster, with modules deployed within 48 hours and thousands trained within weeks

Building “Emergency-Ready” health systems

The training module includes scenarios discussing safe and unsafe water sources to explore factors that lead to the spread of cholera.

Training to prepare for the rainy season cholera surge in Zambia

Progress in epidemic-ready primary health: early pilot results from four African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda), December 2023-October 2024

BMJ Global Health
health innovation and quality summit

RTSL Recognized by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health for Advancing Scalable Health Innovations

Health care workers participate in a patient simulation simulation exercise in Sierra Leone.

How fake patients are helping real health facilities prevent epidemics

Foundations for sustainable health panel at WHA

Sharing a vision for epidemic-ready, climate resilient primary health care at the World Health Assembly

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

Ministry of Health Ethiopia
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Ethiopia’s national Infection Prevention and Control strategy. .
Document cover screenshot reading Ethiopia Ministry of Health National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline

Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline

Ministry of Health Ethiopia
A guide for IPC professionals focused on the surveillance of infections that occur during health care delivery.
screenshot of report cover, National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy and Roadmap 2021/22-2025/26 (Ethiopia IPC Strategy)

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

Ministry of Health Ethiopia
The strategic IPC interventions planned to prevent, reduce and control the development of health care-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Ethiopia.
Screenshot from Ethiopia's IPC manual volume 2

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

Ministry of Health Ethiopia
Volume II of Ethiopia’s national IPC manual covers advanced and special settings in infection prevention and control.
Screenshot from Ethiopia's IPC manual

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

Ministry of Health Ethiopia
Volume I of the IPC manual of record for all health care delivery systems in Ethiopia, covering general principles. See Volume II for advanced IPC and special settings.
flowchart graphic on Climate-informed strategies for epidemic readiness _from signals to systems, Resolve to Save Lives

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

Resolve to Save Lives
Strengthening epidemic readiness by integrating climate data into health systems.
Participants in a Resolve to Save Lives IPC advocacy workshop in Ethiopia gather for a group photo

Advocacy for action: domestic financing for IPC in Ethiopia

Training session for project officers and ERPHC mentors in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Credit: ICAP at Columbia University

How “Epidemic-Ready” health facilities in Sierra Leone stopped measles in its tracks

An ERPHC mentorship session at a health facility in Uganda. Credit: Uganda Infectious Diseases Institute

“Epidemic-Ready” health care workers in Uganda sound the alarm to end outbreaks faster

Health care workers attending an ERPHC continued medical education session in Uganda. Credit: Resolve to Save Lives

Connect, detect, protect, treat: learnings from implementing Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care

Health care worker using smartphone

Training health care workers to prevent epidemics—with their smartphones

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

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

New report offers lessons on stopping disease outbreaks, amid global spread of H5N1

The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care

The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care

The Lancet Public Health
We propose an epidemic-ready primary health care model to integrate public health and health care, stop outbreaks, ensure essential services, strengthen resilience, and protect workers and patients.

Launching our new Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care program

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

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
An infection prevention and control initiative improved COVID-19 infection rates for health care workers in Africa, but challenges showed the need for long-term investments in sustainable IPC programs
Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries

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

Human Resources for Health
Effective outbreak response requires sustained investments in health systems—going beyond training to include adequate equipment, space and staffing levels.
Modelling the economic burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers in four countries

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

Nature Communications
SARS-CoV-2 infections among health care workers caused up to 8.38% of health expenditures in five low- and middle-income countries, underscoring a need for stronger protection measures.