New U.S. Global Health Security Strategy Includes 7-1-7
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.
Dr. Frieden on Rebuilding Trust in Public Health
Trust in public health and the government has dwindled amid the pandemic, with stark partisan divides deepening the issue. In an op ed published in STAT News, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives Dr. Tom Frieden outlines three actions that must be prioritized to restore trust.
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
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
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 […]
7-1-7 forms the bedrock of new WHO guidance
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 […]
The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care
Stopping epidemics starts with primary health care. Our new article in The Lancet Public Health explains why epidemic-ready primary health care could– and should– be a landmark achievement of our pandemic recovery.
7-1-7 target in Lancet Global Health
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.
Zimbabwe
Prevent Epidemics provides technical assistance directly or through partners, mobilizes resources to support preparedness and drives political support to address epidemic preparedness gaps. Programmatic interventions include laboratory strengthening, disease surveillance, legal support, rapid response funding and program management/governance. In Zimbabwe, Prevent Epidemics partners with the Biomedical Research and Training Institute to improve health care worker […]
Zambia
Prevent Epidemics provides technical assistance directly or through partners, mobilizes resources to support preparedness and drives political support to address epidemic preparedness gaps. Programmatic interventions include laboratory strengthening, disease surveillance, legal support, rapid response funding and program management/governance.