Together, we are accelerating progress toward global health security.
The 7-1-7 Alliance is a country-led initiative providing technical assistance, financial support and a growing, global community of practice to help all countries achieve the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection and control.
Infectious diseases move fast, and so must we.
The 7-1-7 target sets clear performance standards for three timeliness metrics:
Outbreak emergence
7 days to detect a suspected infectious disease outbreak
1 day to notify public health authorities
7 days to complete early response actions
DETECT
NOTIFY
RESPOND
When a country consistently meets the 7-1-7 performance standards, detection, notification, and early response systems are performing optimally to contain outbreaks before they spread. Ongoing use of the 7-1-7 target allows countries to improve their performance—the sooner threats are detected and contained, the more lives can be saved.
Countries rapidly improve detection, notification, and early response when 7-1-7 standards aren’t met by quickly and systematically identifying bottlenecks to timely and effective action. Once identified, many bottlenecks can be easily addressed, and progress on those requiring longer-term efforts can be accelerated by using 7-1-7 data to prioritize action and advocate for necessary resources.
Get started with 7-1-7
The 7-1-7 target was incorporated to the World Health Organization's Fourteenth General Programme of Work for 2025-2028. WHO has also issued guidance to conduct Early Action Reviews, which leverage 7-1-7 to clearly and routinely assess and rapidly improve how detection, notification, and early response systems are performing in real-world situations.
Digital Toolkit
We have resources for:
- implementation
- performance improvement
- monitoring & evaluation
- advocacy
- making the case
- more
- implementation
- performance improvement
- monitoring & evaluation
- advocacy
- making the case
- more
Our Resource Library is updated regularly with new webinars, implementation tools, and more.
Global health security is only as strong as the weakest link.
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