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Use 7-1-7
The 7-1-7 target is based on the idea that every infectious disease outbreak presents an opportunity to learn from real-world experience and improve our health security systems performance.
Learn how the 7-1-7 target can be used in real time with Early Action Reviews or retrospectively to identify bottlenecks and enablers to timely detection, notification and early response, and implement corrective actions.
Training
The 7-1-7 Alliance has developed interactive training packages available for download. Each package contains what you need to host a 7-1-7 training workshop, including instructions for facilitators, short presentations, hands-on activities, discussion topics and Q&A sessions.
| 7-1-7 orientation training package | 7-1-7 technical training package | |
| Audience | Wide audience that has no or limited experience with the 7-1-7 target, from frontline workers to high-level decision-makers or funders | Public health professionals implementing 7-1-7 |
| Learning objective | Get familiar with the 7-1-7 target and how it can be used | Adopt the 7-1-7 target in-country and use it for performance improvement |
| Length | 1 day, can be adapted to a half day | 4 days |
| Setting | In-person, virtual, hybrid | In-person, virtual, hybrid |
| Download (English) | Coming soon |
Watch our 3-part introductory training series
Research and Learning
2020
Resolve to Save Lives publishes a review of timeliness for 296 past outbreaks (2017-2019) and designs the 7-1-7 target
2021
Six countries successfully pilot the 7-1-7 target to drive performance improvement, confirming that it is ambitious yet achievable
2023
February
The 7-1-7 Alliance is established to support countries to achieve the 7-1-7 target and offer learning opportunities to a global learning network of stakeholders2023
October
An initial 15 countries gather for the launch of the 7-1-7 Global Community of Practice
2024
The Alliance issues two calls for proposals to conduct operational research and awards 11 research grants
2025
The Alliance will publish new learnings and the results of the funded operational research projects
Be the first to discover new research
With funding from Wellcome Trust, the 7-1-7 Alliance is supporting 11 operational research projects.
The projects aim to better understand the impact of the 7-1-7 target and the factors that facilitate its implementation, and to explore new use cases in animal health.
| Research partners | Research area |
| World Health Organization (WHO) WHO Regional Office for Africa |
Evidence base for catalyzing the impact of the 7-1-7 target: An African region analysis of recent cholera outbreaks |
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Uganda National Institute of Public Health Uganda Ministry of Health Infectious Disease Institute, Uganda Uganda Public Health Fellowship IDEMU Uganda Mathematical Modeling |
Impact and economic analysis of adoption and use of the 7-1-7 target in Uganda |
| Georgetown University Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention National Public Health Institute of Liberia Sierra Leone National Public Health Agency |
Assessing the role of contextual factors and governance structures for effective adoption and integration of 7-1-7 into country health systems in Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone |
| Pima County Health Department University of Arizona |
Influence of laboratory data availability on timeliness for enteric outbreak response in Pima County, United States |
| Ministry of Health of Cambodia United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) Cambodia Office |
Strengthening national and subnational responses to public health threats through the implementation of 7-1-7 in Cambodia |
| National Public Health Institute of Liberia | Determinants of adoption, implementation and utilization of the 7-1-7 target for enhancing outbreak response in Liberia |
| South Sudan Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries University of Juba |
Determinants of adoption, implementation and utilization of the 7-1-7 target for enhancing outbreak response in South Sudan |
| Thailand Ministry of Public Health | Assessing adoption and use of the 7-1-7 target for effective detection, notification, and early response to public health events: A mixed-method study in Thailand |
| Zambia National Public Health Institute Lusaka Apex Medical University University of Zambia Resolve to Save Lives |
Factors that facilitate effective subnational operationalization of the 7-1-7 target in Zambia |
| University of Minnesota Center for Animal Health and Food Safety Colombia Agriculture Institute International Regional Organisation for Plant and Animal Health Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health |
Assessing the use of 7-1-7 for animal health in Latin America: A case study of HPAI |
| U.S. CDC One Health Office Cambodia Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Environment |
Identifying One Health gaps in 7-1-7 developed resources for animal health and environment sectors and across sectors |
