New podcast episode: Lessons from the Field – Hypertension Care in Ethiopia
This World Heart episode shares how research in Ethiopia improved hypertension care and inspired policy change, featuring the new Lessons from the Field series in Global Heart.
Babatunde Fashola Joins Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria’s Board of Directors
JULY 18, 2025 (ABUJA, NIGERIA) — Today, Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria (RTSL Nigeria) announced the appointment of Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, a seasoned legal practitioner and public official, to the RTSL Nigeria Board of Directors. Resolve to Save Lives opened an office in Abuja in 2022 to strengthen partnerships for cardiovascular health and […]
How event-based surveillance is saving lives across Africa
We partnered with National Public Health Institutes in five African countries to detect outbreaks faster using early warning signals.
Advancing subnational health security through legal reform in Nigeria
We spoke with Emem Udoh, a senior legal advisor at Resolve to Save Lives, to find out how his team is using state-level legal reforms to keep Nigeria safe from public health threats.
Health security leaders from six countries scale their skills at the PMEP Connect regional training in Ethiopia
From June 16–20, 34 health leaders from six countries joined a PMEP training in Ethiopia to strengthen epidemic preparedness. Supported by WHO and Africa CDC, the workshop focused on financing, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning to boost national health security.
Activating leadership to strengthen Nigeria’s health security
Leadership is an act, not just a position. Nigeria’s health security leaders join PMEP, our learning laboratory for global epidemic prevention management.
Event: Protecting one billion hearts at the 78th World Health Assembly
Highlighting the importance of access to medicines to control high blood pressure and the strategies needed to do it.
How fake patients are helping real health facilities prevent epidemics
We tested the epidemic readiness of primary health facilities in four countries using “mystery patients”.
Epidemics that Didn’t Happen: How South Sudan stopped a cholera outbreak with no reported deaths
South Sudan successfully contained a cholera outbreak in Bor with no reported deaths by using the 7-1-7 target and rapid response protocols.
In Nigeria, this pilot program is making blood pressure treatment affordable for all
Streamlining makes quality treatment possible at a price patients can afford.
RTSL’s Simple App to scale nationally in Ethiopia
The award-winning app will now support hypertension care nationwide.
Healthy revenue: Four taxes, three wins
Background New financial and other challenges threaten decades of public health progress. In Africa, half of the continent’s population lacks access to essential health services and more than 150 million people are pushed into or deeper into poverty each year by out-of-pocket health expenses. Health taxes on four harmful products—tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages, and […]
Bridging health security funding gaps with rapid outbreak financing
How South Sudan is bridging funding gaps to strengthen health service delivery with support from RTSL.
Highlighting epidemic prevention at the 2025 Africa Health Agenda International Conference
RTSL Nigeria’s Executive Director, Nanlop Ogbureke outlined three proven strategies to ensure countries can respond effectively to health threats.
Advocacy for action: domestic financing for IPC in Ethiopia
A two-day advocacy workshop focused on the need to strengthen IPC programs to combat health care-associated infections and address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Better blood pressure monitors will help Ethiopia save lives
We donated over 100 validated digital monitors to support Ethiopia’s national strategy to combat heart disease.
Ethiopia adopts proclamation to improve delivery of health services
The Proclamation aims to improve the management and delivery of health services across Ethiopia.
Training lab techs to keep toxic trans fat out of Nigeria’s food
To effectively ban trans fat and enforce compliance, lab tachs need training on simple protocols.
Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin joins Resolve to Save Lives’ Board of Directors
Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin joins Resolve to Save Lives Board of Directors
Advancing gender equity in Africa’s digital health transformation
The African Women in Digital Health initiative
How “Epidemic-Ready” health facilities in Sierra Leone stopped measles in its tracks
We partnered with primary health facilities in Sierra Leone to train frontline workers to detect and report infectious disease cases.
“Epidemic-Ready” health care workers in Uganda sound the alarm to end outbreaks faster
We partnered with Uganda’s Infectious Diseases Institute and its MoH to equip frontline health workers to quickly spot and report infectious disease threats in an Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care project.
Widespread adoption of 7-1-7 in Uganda leads to rapid improvement and increased community protection
Deploying the 7-1-7 target during measles outbreaks in Uganda’s Kasese and Kiboga districts in early 2024 helped mobilize the political will and the resources necessary to respond to the outbreaks. It also helped the districts react more quickly when an even more deadly virus, the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, was detected months later.
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 1
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 2
Enhanced situational awareness: taking action to stop outbreaks before they begin in Ethiopia
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and local community leaders to prevent a surge in cholera cases during a popular religious holiday.
Connect, detect, protect, treat: learnings from implementing Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care
Resolve to Save Lives is partnering with primary health facilities to make sure they’re ready to stop the next epidemic.
7-1-7 helps Kenya quickly contain Rift Valley Fever outbreak
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.
Training health care workers to prevent epidemics—with their smartphones
Resolve to Save Lives and our partners at HealthLearn developed free, mobile-optimized training courses that help frontline health care workers recognize, report and contain infectious disease outbreaks.
How event-based surveillance is saving lives in Sierra Leone
Resolve to Save Lives collaborated with Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and global partners to support advanced surveillance for the earliest signs of an outbreak.