Health security bulletin helps coordinate epidemic preparedness in Ethiopia
Dedicated preparedness team uses regular communication to support multi-sectoral collaboration.
Health security bulletin helps coordinate epidemic preparedness in Ethiopia
Supported by Resolve to Save Lives, Ethiopia’s dedicated preparedness team created a quarterly bulletin covering national health security news. The bulletin, which delves into topics such as One Health and progress made on the country’s National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS), improves information-sharing between the different departments involved in epidemic preparedness. It also improves […]
New DHIS2 hypertension control package
DHIS2 is a free, open-source software now supports hypertension and diabetes care for large-scale NCD programs.
Campaigns build vaccine confidence in Rwanda and Uganda
Campaigns demonstrate the power of transparent communication and trust in public health messaging.
Campaigns build vaccine confidence in Rwanda and Uganda
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the Partnership for Healthy Cities to support cities in low- and middle-income countries in securing and administering COVID-19 vaccines. The campaigns, in Kampala, Uganda and Kigali, Rwanda, featured compelling video testimonials from an array of city residents about their positive experiences with inoculation. In Kigali, the campaign helped bring […]
Health care worker training at scale: Reflections from COVID-19
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Resolve to Save Lives partnered with organizations across 22 countries in Africa to support health care worker training and mentorship in primary health care facilities. After finding that existing resources were not optimized for use by health care workers, the team developed a self-paced, online course about infection […]
Highlighting the linkages between health care worker safety and epidemic preparedness
A new page on PreventEpidemics.org highlights the linkages between health care worker safety and epidemic preparedness and describes our team’s ongoing work to improve infection prevention and control measures at the primary health care level across Africa. Between April 2020 and January 2021, we worked with a variety of stakeholders and organizations to help train […]
Health care worker training at scale: reflections from COVID-19
Mobile-optimized, case-based online courses keep health care workers up to date more effectively.
Improving IPC in Zimbabwe
As part of a larger project to increase health care worker safety, the Prevent Epidemics team has worked to improve infection prevention and control measures and ensure maintenance of essential health services at the primary health care level at facilities across nine countries. In Zimbabwe, RTSL partnered with the Infection Control Association of Zimbabwe from […]
Strengthening Epidemic Preparedness at the Country Level
In partnership with public health institutions in eight African countries, Resolve to Save Lives released an issue brief outlining five proven approaches for national governments to significantly improve epidemic detection and containment in their communities. The model is based on joint efforts among African nations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases […]
Celebrating advances in blood pressure control in Ethiopia
Our Ethiopia team marked World Hypertension Day with an event at Maychew Health Center in Addis Ababa featuring representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Addis Ababa Health Bureau and the Cardiac and Heart Association. A patient from the Ethiopia Hypertension Control Initiative also spoke about the experience of receiving hypertension care. Participants highlighted the […]
Providing fast, flexible funds to shorten time to respond to disease threats in Nigeria
Time to respond to outbreaks following detection fell from six days to two.
Providing fast, flexible funds to shorten time to respond to disease threats in Nigeria
Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has helped the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the African Field Epidemiology Network establish and maintain the Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund (ROIF). This provides for the rapid release of funds for the NCDC to investigate, verify and control infectious outbreaks. With this support, Nigeria has reduced its […]
Strengthening investments in Nigeria’s epidemic preparedness
Funding for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control increased by 100% from 2019 to 2021.
Strengthening Investments in Nigeria’s Epidemic Preparedness
Our team supported the Global Health Advocacy Incubator to generate a 100% increase in funding for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control between 2019 and 2021.
Expanding quality-assured COVID-19 testing capacity across Africa
COVID-19 testing initiative emphasized both quality and quantity.
Expanding Quality-Assured COVID-19 Testing Capacity Across Africa
Our team worked with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to strengthen COVID-19 testing capacity across the African continent. An external quality assurance scheme ensured the tests were of high quality.
New report on COVID-19 in Africa shows widespread willingness to get vaccinated, underscoring need for consistent supply and additional logistical support
The fourth and final PERC report indicates that people in African Union Member States are overwhelmingly willing to get vaccinated. The report considers why global vaccination efforts have been plagued by inequity, as well as the logistical challenges to vaccinating the African continent. It further outlines the continued importance of preventive measures—particularly individual measures such […]
New report on COVID-19 in Africa shows widespread willingness to get vaccinated, underscoring need for consistent supply and additional logistical support
Individual COVID-19 preventive measures, such as handwashing and wearing masks, mark the path forward in protecting people while vaccine efforts scale up
Improving the ability to test for yellow fever: a low-cost, country-led intervention in Nigeria
Time to confirm samples fell from one month to one day.
Improving the Ability to Test for Yellow Fever: A Low-Cost, Country-Led Intervention in Nigeria
Our team worked with a coalition including the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization to improve Nigeria’s ability to test for yellow fever. Time to confirm yellow fever used to be over 30 days. Through systems strengthening, time to confirm fell to within 24 hours.
Latest PERC briefs illustrate the impact of COVID-19 in Africa
The Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 released results from its fourth survey on attitudes about public health and social measures as well as vaccination. The survey was fielded in 19 African Union Member States; read the country briefs here.
COVID-19 Calculator Used in WHO Analysis
Our COVID-19 Prevalence Calculator was cited in the New York Times. The tool uses the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths to provide a rough estimate of COVID-19 spread in a given region, and was recently used by the World Health Organization to analyze COVID-19 case counts on the African continent.
Real-time data to inform decision-making about maintaining health services in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
Officials gathered data to assess the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on tuberculosis and HIV services.
Real-time data to inform decision-making about maintaining health services in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our team worked with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and other organizations to provide monthly reports to health facilities in Nairobi, Kenya on how their tuberculosis and HIV services were operating. This stream of data and analysis helped facilities quickly adapt their programs to maintain these essential services.
PERC: COVID-19 Tiered PHSM Framework for Africa
The Partnership for Evidence-Based COVID-19 Response (PERC) released a new tiered framework for decision-makers in Africa that uses indicators of disease spread to determine the appropriate level of PHSMs, inform targeted interventions and empower the public to stay safe by keeping people informed about the risk of COVID-19 in their area.
How real-time adaptations to medical supply chains improved Nigeria’s COVID-19 response
Practical solutions to complex inventory challenges posed by COVID-19.
How Real-Time Adaptations To Medical Supply Chains Improved Nigeria’s COVID-19 Response
The COVID-19 pandemic rattled supply chains across the world. When the virus hit Nigeria, the country lacked many lifesaving health supplies to combat the virus. Working with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, our team worked to make the country’s supply chain system adaptable and resilient enough to handle the pandemic.
Taking on hypertension in Nigeria
Resolve’s Nigeria Country Representative Dr. Emmanuel Agogo published an OpEd in PUNCH highlighting the urgency of addressing high blood pressure in Nigeria. Task-sharing, a strategy that shifts tasks from doctors to nurses, can help alleviate a high burden of blood pressure management on physicians and get more patients the care they need
Supporting health care workers to promote service continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
In Ghana, health care workers and patients were exposed to and contracting COVID-19 due to lack of protective equipment. Our team facilitated trainings for health care workers on how to deliver services during COVID-19 and distributed PPE including gowns, gloves, masks and hand sanitizer to 186 facilities.