Resolve To Save Lives

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Leptospirosis can be spread to humans through water contaminated by animal urine, a risk that’s heightened when extreme rainfall causes flooding. In Vanuatu, two cyclones created the perfect condition for an outbreak. Read how health agencies responded. https://lnkd.in/gZT_CEFs

When Neethling disease (Lumpy Skin Disease Virus) struck Cambodia in 2021, it posed a serious threat to cattle populations. Our quick and coordinated response with WWF-Cambodia, including a targeted vaccination campaign led by forest rangers and veterinarians, successfully prevented the spread to wild species like the endangered banteng and vulnerable gaur.   Learn more in Resolve To Save Lives' latest report: https://lnkd.in/eWkwna5X 

During the past five years, the world has made major progress toward elimination of trans fat—but we're not there yet. According to a new milestone report from the World Health Organization, best practice policies were in effect in 53 countries by the end of 2023, covering 3.7 billion people or 46% of the world's population. That's compared to just 6% when the #REPLACEtransfat initiative was launched in 2018. Achieving global elimination of this toxic food additive, and replacing it with healthier oils, is within reach. https://lnkd.in/gXxJB3Md

How did Ghana rapidly stop a Lassa fever outbreak? What strategies did Bangladesh use to contain cholera? Our new report dives deep into these and other stories of how public health efforts succeeded in preventing potential epidemics. https://lnkd.in/gF7Kg7Qn

Catherine Barker Cantelmo from our team participated in a discussion on domestic financing at the Global Health Security Conference in Sydney. In her remarks, Cathy championed domestic financing as a critical component of effective preparedness and response efforts and shared some of the innovative approaches to domestic financing we’ve been exploring with our in-country partners. Key takeaway? “Countries need to define their own domestic financing goals and tailor advocacy and implementation strategies to their context.” #GHS2024

Earlier today, our Director of Leadership, Governance and Financing, Jobin Abraham, delivered a talk at the Global Health Security Conference in Sydney exploring "Country Preparedness Architecture", in which he shared essential building blocks for creating robust country preparedness architecture to enhance long-term preparedness.

Our Director of Epidemic Intelligence, Dr. Chris Lee, delivered a talk at the Global Health Security Conference entitled "Prototyping Collaborative Surveillance", in which he outlined lessons from our implementation work in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Zambia. Specifically, Chris talked about "sprinting for change management"—adapting processing and learning from design thinking and systems thinking to create prototypes that address decision-making needs. In his own words: "We need a new approach".

Today, our very own Rabi Usman delivered remarks at the Global Health Security Conference in Sydney on a panel exploring the impacts of climate change on health security in Africa, along with other experts from Nigeria Health Watch and UK Health Security Agency. Rabi's presentation shared our team's experiences linking climate change to preparedness and early action in Uganda and Nigeria through an early-warning approach called Enhanced Situational Awareness, or ESA, which Resolve to Save Lives is using with its partners to monitor and respond to indicators that suggest an increased risk of an outbreak before a first case has been found. You can read more about how the approach was used by Uganda to detect and respond to an outbreak of anthrax here: https://lnkd.in/gaCsKBYY

At the Global Health Security Conference in Sydney, our team hosted an event to launch our new Epidemics That Didn't Happen report—highlighting outbreaks that were successfully stopped before they became health emergencies. Thank you to all speakers and attendees! Stories of epidemics prevented don't often make headlines. Share these examples of public health success: https://lnkd.in/gF7Kg7Qn #GHS2024 #PreventEpidemics #GlobalHealth #PreparednessWorks