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Epidemic prevention

Highlighting epidemic prevention at the 2025 Africa Health Agenda International Conference

Carnival celebrations in Recife

With significant progress in Recife, Brazil expands 7-1-7

Three action items for a coordinated response to the threat of H5N1 in the U.S. and beyond

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

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

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
How can health security capacities be measured at the subnational level? This tool includes 14 technical areas and 35 indicators to assess capacities in federated systems.

Ethiopia adopts proclamation to improve delivery of health services

Advancing gender equity in Africa’s digital health transformation

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” healthcare workers in Uganda sound the alarm to end outbreaks faster

Field investigation for the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Kasese. Photo credit: Kasese Local Government

Widespread adoption of 7-1-7 in Uganda leads to rapid improvement and increased community protection

Distribution of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) supplies at a holy water pilgrimage site in Amhara, Ethiopia. Image credit: Hanna Mekonnen, Ethiopian Public Health Institute.

Enhanced situational awareness: taking action to stop outbreaks before they begin in Ethiopia

Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy in the private sector, India

Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy

IJTLD
Can 7-1-7 help household contacts of tuberculosis patients get started on preventive therapy? In India, sites using the timeliness metric saw an increase in household contacts starting treatment.
healthcare 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 Healthcare

Dr. Jedidah Kiprop and colleagues work to verify data a first step in confirming an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya

7-1-7 helps Kenya quickly contain Rift Valley Fever outbreak

healthcare worker using smartphone

Training healthcare workers to prevent epidemics—with their smartphones

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

7-1-7 Alliance
An introduction to the 7-1-7 target, its uses, and how it complements existing tools and assessments.

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
Testing for Covid-19 in Nigeria © Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

“Surveillance is a public health superpower”

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

Resolve to Save Lives

PMEP Application

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