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

Carnival celebrations in Recife

In early 2023, health officials in Recife, Brazil started applying the 7-1-7 target for timely detection and control of infectious disease outbreaks as part of their plan to track and contain outbreaks during Carnival. New data shows over 30% improvement in reaching the target over two years.

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

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

Seasonal heavy rains can spark mosquito-borne infections in livestock and spill over into humans. By applying the 7-1-7 target during a recent outbreak of Rift Valley Fever, Kenya was able to identify barriers to an effective response and quickly get resources to the affected region.

New U.S. Global Health Security Strategy includes 7‑1‑7

Cover of U.S. Government Global Health Security Strategy 2024

On April 16, 2024, the United States Government announced a new five-year Global Health Security Strategy to better prevent, detect, respond to and recover from infectious disease threats. The 7-1-7 Target is included to help U.S. partners assess and improve the real-world performance of their detection, notification and early response systems.  

Celebrating the progress and partnerships that defined 2023

RTSL 2023 Year in Review

RTSL’s 2023: Year in Review is our first-ever digital annual report, looking back at a remarkable year of saving lives and making the world safer from epidemics in 2023. The HEARTS program for hypertension control now treats more than 19 million patients for the world’s deadliest condition. The trans fat elimination policies passed in 2023 […]

Strengthening laboratory systems to meet the 7-1-7 target

Strengthening laboratory systems to meet the 7-1-7 target

The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted a symposium at the annual conference of the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) in Cape Town, South Africa. Panelists from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ASLM, FIND and Makerere University Walter Reed Project discussed the crucial role of diagnostics in achieving the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection […]

WHO and the 7-1-7 Alliance introduce Early Action Reviews

WHO and the 7-1-7 Alliance introduce Early Action Reviews

The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted the first quarterly webinar open to its global learning network. More than 500 people from 73 countries signed up to hear representatives of the World Health Organization and the Alliance introduce new guidance on Early Action Reviews and how it leverages the 7-1-7 target to improve the performance of outbreak detection, […]

Developing technical capacity to scale up 7-1-7 

Resolve to Save Lives' 7-1-7 Approach

The 7-1-7 Alliance hosted a training series for Atlanta-based staff of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A first virtual training session introduced the 7-1-7 target, its central role in the WHO Early Action Review guidance, and how 7-1-7 fits into key components of the global health security framework. In a two-day, in-person […]

Sharing learnings to achieve the 7-1-7 target   

New 7-1-7 target community of practice

The 7-1-7 Alliance, a country-led initiative hosted by Resolve to Save Lives, formed a global community of practice with 15 implementing countries to facilitate lesson sharing and spur innovation to accelerate progress toward the target. More countries are expected to join as the 7-1-7 Alliance grows. 

7-1-7 forms the bedrock of new WHO guidance

WHO EAR guidance leverages the 7-1-7 target

The World Health Organization’s new Guidance and tools for Conducting an Early Action Review (EAR) incorporate the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection and control, which Resolve to Save Lives has piloted since 2021. EARs offer a performance improvement approach, which can be used for each outbreak to identify system-level bottlenecks and propose immediate and long-term […]

7-1-7 Alliance gains momentum

7-1-7 panel at world health assembly

Our World Health Assembly side event showcased initial progress implementing the 7-1-7 target and the ongoing work of the 7-1-7 Alliance, empowering public health leaders to further accelerate advancements in health security.

7-1-7 target in Lancet Global Health

Resolve to Save Lives' 7-1-7 Approach

RTSL’s Prevent Epidemics Team publishes evidence from early pilots on the 7-1-7 target for early detection of and response to disease threats.

The 7-1-7 Alliance is a new country-led, global partnership to improve health security

Dr. Issa Makumbi, Director of Uganda’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, will serve as inaugural Chair of the Technical Steering Group for The 7-1-7 Alliance: a country-led partnership for technical assistance, financial support and a growing, global community of practice to help all countries achieve the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection and control.

Webinar: How the 7-1-7 Approach Improves Epidemic Preparedness and Response

Featuring presentations from Dr. Issa Makumbi of Uganda’s National Public Health Institute and Dr. Ambrose Talisuna of the World Health Organization, our latest webinar gave attendees insight into 7-1-7’s utility as a performance improvement tool in Uganda and the vision of the WHO Regional Office for Africa for leveraging the metric. The event featured opening […]

Sharing 7-1-7: A global metric for early detection & response

In recent weeks, the Prevent Epidemics team has made the case for the 7-1-7 metric for early detection of and response to disease threats to stakeholders around the world. In Liberia, our team presented data on six outbreaks as part of a workshop on the metric for public health officials working at both the national […]