Strengthening frontline worker outbreak preparedness and response knowledge in Nigeria and Uganda
A new digital training model called Clinical Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (cIDSR) is helping frontline workers respond faster and more effectively to disease outbreaks. This analysis from Resolve to Save Lives explains how the training overcomes the limitations of traditional training using a mobile-optimised, self-paced platform that guides health care workers through real patient […]
7-1-7 data insights: Why cholera response can’t keep pace with detection
7-1-7 Alliance analysis of 7-1-7 data across six countries point to a persistent challenge: In nearly two-thirds of cholera responses, coordination constraints delay critical action.
New report: Strengthening surveillance, laboratories, and outbreak response in Nigeria
RTSL Nigeria released A System in Transition: Nigeria Country Report, assessing how recent disruptions in financing are affecting Nigeria’s public health architecture.
A System in Transition: Nigeria Country Report
A new landscape assessment shows that financing disruptions are increasing risks to Nigeria’s surveillance, laboratory, and specimen transport systems, while highlighting opportunities to strengthen more integrated and resilient public health systems.
In Kano State, Nigeria, new tools to screen consumer products for lead
Resolve to Save Lives donates an XRF device to Kano State, Nigeria, strengthening the state’s capacity to screen consumer products for lead and inform regulatory and public health decisions.
Strengthening subnational action on sodium reduction in Nigeria
RTSL supports a workshop to build state-level capacity for implementing Nigeria’s National Guidelines for Sodium Reduction.
Adoption and use of the 7-1-7 target for timely outbreak detection, notification and early response in the human and animal sectors in humanitarian crisis-affected South Sudan: A mixed-methods study during 2025
Wellcome Open Research article published on February 16, 2026. This study was conducted by 7‑1‑7 Alliance partners in South Sudan and supported by the Wellcome Trust (228152/Z/23/Z).
Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: How Uganda is strengthening its national Ebola response
Building on lessons from earlier outbreaks, Uganda’s recent containment of Ebola shows how the 7-1-7 target is transforming public health outcomes.
A new alert system is allowing Zambia to find outbreaks faster
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with Zambia National Public Health Institute to build an alert system that automatically flags potential outbreaks.
Evaluating the 7-1-7 target for epidemic detection, notification and response in Zambia: An operational research study, 2023-2025
Wellcome Open Research article published on January 26, 2026. This study was conducted by 7‑1‑7 Alliance partners in Zambia and supported by the Wellcome Trust (228152/Z/23/Z).
Evaluating the 7-1-7 Outbreak Response Metric: Modelling and Implementation Insights for Ebola, Measles, and Anthrax in Central and Eastern Uganda, 2025
Wellcome Open Research article published on January 26, 2026. This study was conducted by 7‑1‑7 Alliance partners in Uganda and supported by the Wellcome Trust (228152/Z/23/Z).
National public health leaders gather for Connected Leadership convening in Nairobi
First cohort of national public health leaders gathers in Nairobi for Connected Leadership convening.
45 Rwandan Clinicians Are Helping Shape Medical AI for Low-Resource Setting
OpenEvidence partners with Rwanda Biomedical Center and Resolve to Save Lives to adapt clinical decision support AI tool for use in low- and middle-income countries MIAMI, FL— There is often an assumption in AI that one size fits all; that a model can be built with generalizable capabilities for any downstream scenario. But medicine is […]
Training to prepare for the rainy season cholera surge in Zambia
Health care workers in Zambia are better prepared for the rainy season thanks to our free mobile training on cholera.
A call to end lead exposure in Nigeria
Nigeria marks International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week with stakeholder events and ministerial briefing. Ministers highlight rural mining communities’ high lead exposure risk and children’s irreversible neurological damage.
Healthier food options in Nigeria’s public institutions
In collaboration with Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, and the Federal Ministry of Justice, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) convened a technical workshop to review and validate the National Guideline on Public Procurement of Food and Related Services. The workshop brought together key government and technical […]
Association between timeliness of detection, notification and response and the magnitude, severity and duration of disease outbreaks: a retrospective review of 84 outbreaks in Uganda, 2017–2022
Timely detection, notification and response are critical to reducing the impact of outbreaks, yet evidence linking these factors to outcomes has been limited. In an analysis of 84 outbreaks reported in Uganda between 2017 and 2022, Resolve to Save Lives and partners found that delays in detection were strongly associated with higher numbers of cases […]
Strengthening Nigeria’s capacity for subnational health security assessments
In collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), RTSL supported a capacity-building workshop to train 40 evaluators to conduct subnational health security assessments using the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool and International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) benchmarks adopted from the World Health Organization. The training is part of efforts to build […]
Detecting lead in cosmetics in Nigeria
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with Nigeria’s Standards Organization to train scientists on using portable XRF devices to screen cosmetics for lead contamination.
Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: How Gabon stopped mpox with no deaths
Collaboration between public health agencies and risk communication and community engagement contained a local mpox outbreak in Gabon with no reported deaths.
Adoption and use of the 7-1-7 timeliness metrics for detection, notification, and early response actions to public health events: an observational study in Liberia, January 2024–June 2025
Wellcome Open Research article published on October 31, 2025. This study was conducted by 7-1-7 Alliance partners in Liberia and supported by the Wellcome Trust (228152/Z/23/Z).
“Putting people first”: What we learned at ICPHC 2025
We were thrilled to join more than 700 global health leaders, policymakers, and practitioners at the 2025 International Primary Health Care Conference (ICPHC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to explore how strong, people-centered PHC systems drive resilience, equity, and epidemic readiness. Throughout the five-day conference—which RTSL co-hosted— our 18-member delegation led and contributed to sessions that […]
New partnerships to prevent lead poisoning
Resolve to Save Lives is partnering with WHO and Nigeria to combat lead exposure—reducing preventable deaths and building a global model for lead poisoning prevention.
Putting Nigeria’s trans fat elimination policy into action
In 2023, Nigeria made history as the second African country to adopt a best-practice policy to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the national food supply. Building on this milestone, on September 26, 2025, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), with support from Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), launched a […]
Strengthening leadership for public health emergency management in Ethiopia
Through our Program Management for Epidemic Preparedness, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) partnered with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to deliver a three-day workshop aimed at strengthening leadership capacities for managing public health emergencies. 21 directors and division heads from the Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) wing participated, including those from the Preparedness, Response, […]
Nigeria advances national policy to eliminate lead and toxic substances from cosmetics
RTSL partnered with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health to develop the National Policy on Cosmetic Safety and Health, reducing exposure to toxic substances like lead in cosmetic products.
RTSL and NCDC partner to strengthen Nigeria’s epidemiological reporting and One Health Lassa Fever surveillance
As part of efforts to strengthen data-driven epidemic intelligence and improve reporting efficiency in Nigeria, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) partnered with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) to host a workshop focused on enhancing two of Nigeria’s key public health surveillance products: the Weekly Epidemiological Report and the Lassa Fever Situation […]
Ethiopia’s new National Action Plan for Health Security and National One Health Strategic Plan take center stage
In a significant step toward a more resilient, multisectoral health system capable of preventing, detecting, and responding effectively to health threats, Ethiopia launched two national frameworks: the National Action Plan for Health Security (2024/25–2028/29) and the National One Health Strategic Plan (2025–2029). The new National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS)—the country’s second— builds on […]
Progress in epidemic-ready primary health: early pilot results from four African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda), December 2023-October 2024
Primary health care facilities are the first point of contact when community members fall ill. They are also essential to epidemic preparedness. Despite their critical importance, many facilities lack the capacity to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks while maintaining essential services. To address these gaps and bolster facility resilience, we launched an Epidemic Ready […]
Coding, capstones, and collaboration: colleagues learn critical skills at RTSL and Applied Epi’s training
RTSL and Applied Epi co-hosted a five-day collaborative surveillance training in Ethiopia for data analysts to learn advanced coding skills for surveillance data analysis.