Webinar: 7-1-7’s top detection bottleneck: Low clinical suspicion
Webinar held on November 25, 2025 highlighting how improving clinical suspicion can be the biggest enabler of timely outbreak detection.
Association between timeliness of detection, notification and response and the magnitude, severity and duration of disease outbreaks: a retrospective review of 84 outbreaks in Uganda
BMJ Global Health article published on November 3, 2025 co-authored by the 7-1-7 Alliance, Resolve to Save Lives and Uganda.
Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: How Gabon stopped an mpox outbreak with no reported deaths
In the middle of a public health emergency across the Africa region, Gabon’s public health officials quickly stopped an mpox outbreak, meeting the 7-1-7 target with two confirmed cases.
Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: How Thailand contained cross-border cholera
A cross-border collaboration successfully contained a cholera outbreak that began near the Thailand-Myanmar border, after applying lessons from an earlier 7-1-7 assessment.
7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights: Overcoming low clinical suspicion in outbreak detection
Analysis of 7-1-7 data across countries shows that low clinical suspicion is the most common bottleneck to detection, cited in nearly one in three outbreaks.
7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights: Timely laboratory confirmation
Analysis of 7-1-7 data across countries shows that delayed laboratory confirmation is one of the most common bottlenecks to timely outbreak response – reported in 27% of outbreaks.
Online course: Adopting 7‑1‑7
An interactive deep dive into the adoption of the 7‑1‑7 target to take at your own pace.
To stop state-level outbreaks, Nigeria is integrating 7-1-7 in its national emergency management system
Faster detection, improved coordination and earlier responses saved lives in two recent state-level outbreaks and positioned Nigeria as a regional leader in digital preparedness.
Using 7-1-7 in cities: Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Theresa Cullen, Public Health Director of Pima County, Arizona, shares how 7-1-7 has helped Tucson fight infectious disease outbreaks (July 31, 2025).
Case study: Norovirus
After action review of a 2015 norovirus outbreak response, noting timely detection and notification, coordination successes, and lessons to strengthen future preparedness.