Learn
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
Online courses
Take our interactive online courses to learn about the 7-1-7 target at your own pace.
Workshop training packages
The 7-1-7 Alliance has developed two interactive training packages available for download. Each package contains what you need to host a 7-1-7 training workshop (instructions, presentations, hands-on activities, discussion topics, etc.)
| 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 French Portuguese Spanish Arabic (coming soon) |
English French Portuguese (coming soon) Spanish Arabic (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 is publishing new learnings and the results of the funded operational research projects