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Preparing for policy in action: Nigeria builds capacity to eliminate trans fat and protect heart health

August 20, 2025
Trans fat elimination
Nigeria
Nigeria’s 2023 trans fat ban was a huge step forward for heart health, but a national assessment revealed challenges for implementation and enforcement: gaps in laboratory capacity and a lack…

To stop state-level outbreaks, Nigeria is integrating 7-1-7 in its national emergency management system

August 12, 2025
7-1-7
Nigeria
Nigeria is integrating the 7-1-7 target into its SITAware system to detect and respond to outbreaks faster—empowering frontline workers and setting a regional standard for epidemic preparedness.…

With a simple tool, DRC is more effectively managing outbreak funds

August 11, 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo
Together with our partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we built a tool that unlocks critical financing insights—and makes sure funding meets the nation’s needs.…

How event-based surveillance is saving lives across Africa

July 11, 2025
Epidemic prevention
Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda
We partnered with National Public Health Institutes in five African countries to detect outbreaks faster using early warning signals.…
Participants at a legal training workshop, including legal officers from federal and state ministries, departments and agencies in Nigeria.

Advancing subnational health security through legal reform in Nigeria

June 20, 2025
Epidemic prevention
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…
Health care workers participate in a patient simulation simulation exercise in Sierra Leone.

How fake patients are helping real health facilities prevent epidemics

June 6, 2025
Epidemic prevention
We tested the epidemic readiness of primary health facilities in four countries using “mystery patients”.…

In Nigeria, this pilot program is making blood pressure treatment affordable for all

May 21, 2025
Blood pressure control
Nigeria
Streamlining makes quality treatment possible at a price patients can afford.…

Turning the tide on blood pressure control in Sri Lanka

March 12, 2025
Digital platforms
Sri Lanka
Uncovering and addressing a surprising barrier to blood pressure control with our data-driven approach…
Training session for project officers and ERPHC mentors in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Credit: ICAP at Columbia University

How “Epidemic-Ready” health facilities in Sierra Leone stopped measles in its tracks

December 11, 2024
Epidemic prevention
Sierra Leone
We partnered with primary health facilities in Sierra Leone to train frontline workers to detect and report infectious disease cases.…
An ERPHC mentorship session at a health facility in Uganda. Credit: Uganda Infectious Diseases Institute

“Epidemic-Ready” health care workers in Uganda sound the alarm to end outbreaks faster

November 15, 2024
Epidemic prevention
Uganda
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.…
Field investigation for the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Kasese. Photo credit: Kasese Local Government

Widespread adoption of 7-1-7 in Uganda leads to rapid improvement and increased community protection

November 1, 2024
7-1-7
Uganda
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.…
Distribution of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) supplies at a holy water pilgrimage site in Amhara, Ethiopia. Image credit: Hanna Mekonnen, Ethiopian Public Health Institute.

Enhanced situational awareness: taking action to stop outbreaks before they begin in Ethiopia

October 16, 2024
Epidemic intelligence
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.…
Health care workers attending an ERPHC continued medical education session in Uganda. Credit: Resolve to Save Lives

Connect, detect, protect, treat: learnings from implementing Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care

September 30, 2024
Epidemic prevention
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Resolve to Save Lives is partnering with primary health facilities to make sure they’re ready to stop the next epidemic.…
Dr. Jedidah Kiprop and colleagues work to verify data a first step in confirming an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya

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

September 25, 2024
7-1-7
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…
Health care worker using smartphone

Training health care workers to prevent epidemics—with their smartphones

September 18, 2024
Epidemic ready primary health care (ERPHC)
Nigeria
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.…
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