Online course
Using the 7-1-7 target for outbreak performance improvement
This online, self-paced technical course is designed to help you use the 7-1-7 target to detect and stop infectious disease outbreaks faster.
We highly recommend that you complete our orientation course (“Introduction to the 7-1-7 target for outbreak performance improvement”) before starting this course.
Who this course is for
This course is for those who want a technical deep dive into using 7-1-7 and who play a role in outbreak detection and response, emergency preparedness, or health systems, whether at the national, sub-national or local level or elsewhere. That includes:
- Public health officials
- Emergency response teams
- Epidemiologists
- Non-governmental organizations and international health bodies
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the five steps to use 7-1-7 for outbreak performance improvement
- Apply key definitions and methods to determine 7-1-7 milestone dates, calculate performance against the target and identify bottlenecks, enablers, and corrective actions
- Use 7-1-7 for a range of infectious diseases and in different contexts
- Identify opportunities to support the use of 7-1-7 in your work
Assessment and certificate
Complete the course and score 80% or higher on the final knowledge check to obtain a certificate of completion. The certificate will be available for download on the course platform under My Learning.
- Welcome
- Review of 7-1-7 basics
- Key steps to using 7-1-7
- Collect timeliness data and calculate 7-1-7 performance
- Case study: Uganda and United States
- Activity: Identify 7-1-7 milestone dates
- Identify bottlenecks and enablers
- Case studies: Uganda and Nigeria
- Activity: Is this a good bottleneck?
- Don't underestimate the value of enablers
- Determine immediate and longer-term actions
- Case studies: Uganda and United States
- Activity: Is this a SMART action?
- Routinely consolidate data and monitor progress of actions
- Synthesize 7-1-7 results for planning, financing, and advocacy
- Activity: Categorizing bottlenecks across outbreaks
- Case studies: Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Nigeria and Zambia
- Use 7-1-7 results for planning, financing, and advocacy
- Case study: Uganda
- The 7-1-7 Alliance
- Join the Alliance
- Knowledge check
- Two-question survey
- Now that you've completed this course...
More online courses
Introduction to the 7-1-7 target for outbreak performance improvement
Adopting the 7-1-7 target (coming soon)
Training workshop packages
All you need to host a half-day or full-day 7-1-7 orientation training workshop.
All you need to host a four-day 7-1-7 technical workshop.
Tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour organiser un atelier de formation d’orientation à 7-1-7 d’une demi-journée ou d’une journée complète, y compris les instructions, présentations et activités pratiques.
Todo lo que necesita para organizar un taller de capacitación de orientación 7-1-7 de medio día o día completo, incluidas instrucciones para facilitadores, presentaciones y actividades prácticas.
Tudo o que você precisa para organizar uma reunião de treinamento de orientação de dia inteiro ou 7-1-7, incluindo instruções do facilitador, apresentações e atividades práticas.
