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Strengthening blood pressure care for pregnant women in Madhya Pradesh, India

March 2, 2026
Access to medicines
India
Pilot project in Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, India, helping improve early identification and management of high blood pressure during pregnancy through training and digital tools.

Rio de Janeiro: Faster, more effective outbreak responses with 7-1-7

February 20, 2026
7-1-7
Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo
Interview with Rio de Janeiro’s health surveillance coordinator on how adopting 7-1-7 led to a 70% increase in outbreak detection and faster, more effective responses.

A new alert system is allowing Zambia to find outbreaks faster

January 30, 2026
Epidemic intelligence
Zambia
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with Zambia National Public Health Institute to build an alert system that automatically flags potential outbreaks.

Learning by doing: How Thailand adopted 7-1-7

December 17, 2025
7-1-7
Democratic Republic of Congo, Thailand
A regional team in Thailand taught themselves the 7-1-7 target, analyzed 300+ outbreaks, and helped contain a cholera outbreak to 10 cases—earning national support to scale the approach countrywide.

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

August 20, 2025
Healthier food
Nigeria
After banning trans fat in 2023, Nigeria worked with RTSL and WHO to equip labs and train technicians—building the enforcement capacity needed to protect heart health nationwide.

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 integrated the 7-1-7 target into its national emergency management system, enabling faster outbreak detection and response — and setting a regional standard for digital epidemic preparedness.

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

August 11, 2025
Digital platforms
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 public health threats.
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. It also helped the districts react more quickly when an even more deadly virus, the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, was detected months later.
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