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At The Task Force for Global Health, the Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives (PIVI) partnered with The Global Fund to incorporate the 7-1-7 principles into its surveillance and preparedness work, helping countries build stronger systems for detecting, preventing, and responding to health threats. It is now widely used by our global partners as well as those at the CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO).

This innovative framework, originally developed by Resolve to Save Lives, helps countries strengthen their ability to detect outbreaks within 7 days, notify public health authorities within 1 day, and mount an effective response within 7 days.

By strengthening vaccination programs, surveillance capacity, and public health infrastructure, PIVI helps countries improve readiness for future outbreaks while protecting communities today.

Learn more: https://pivipartners.org/7-1-7-framework-outbreak-detection-response/

The Task Force for Global Health is proud to serve as a gathering place for convenings and trainings, like Public Health Informatics Institute's 12th annual Immunization Information Systems (IIS) Leadership Workshop.

PHII hosted the 12th annual Immunization Information Systems (IIS) Leadership Workshop at The Task Force for Global Health in Decatur, Ga. Thanks to those who joined us for this 3-day event to strengthen leadership skills, deepen knowledge and support shared learning. Appreciation to AIRA and CDC’s Informatics & Data Analytics Branch (IDAB) for their partnership. Explore IIS resources: https://phii.org/iis-learning-hub/

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Specialized field epidemiologists are critical to rapid disease detection and response in remote, high-risk, and vulnerable areas. Lenin Yonel La Torre Rosillo, a Peruvian epidemiologist and TEPHINET Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) graduate, responded to a yellow fever case in the Imaza District of Bagua Province, where more than 90% of the population was unvaccinated against the disease.

Learn how he, his colleagues, and local indigenous leaders worked to increase vaccine coverage and protect the community, stopping a local outbreak from becoming a regional crisis: https://www.taskforce.org/first-in-and-last-out/

: The Task Force for Global Health recently wrapped up a busy week at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Our Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination program co-convened an official side event with robust participation. Together, they released a new Ministerial Statement that calls for concrete political actions leading to a WHA resolution and a UN High-Level Meeting on Hepatitis Elimination. Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition, another program of The Task Force, co-collaborated on a side event addressing the challenge of accelerating disease elimination during a time of declining global funding.

During our time at , collaboration proved to be the cornerstone of effective global health policy. We continue to stand with Member States, advocates, and health leaders to advance disease elimination and strengthen health systems. Read more about our time in Geneva on our blog: https://bit.ly/4os75cv

The Task Force for Global Health is proud to see our colleague Sarah Shaw sharing her expertise and helping public agencies across the country communicate the value of data modernization.

At , PHII Senior Informatics Analyst Sarah Shaw connected with data modernization teams from across the U.S. and introduced the new Data Modernization Communications Toolkit. Created with PHIG national partners, PHII designed the toolkit to help public health agencies share the impact of their data modernization efforts: phii.org/dmc-toolkit

: Last week, The Task Force for Global Health released the Fiscal Year 2025 annual report “Before & After: Sustainable Results.” This report highlights how the Task Force and our partners continued to advance innovation and achieved significant progress in capacity-building and sustainability despite the many shifts experienced in global health over the past year.

Read it to follow along the journey from when we first saw a problem, took coordinated action with partners, and developed solutions in ways never before imagined. The detections, diagnoses, and decisions made by our programs offers inspiration to those seeking to innovate and reimagine public health systems all over the world, because understanding the before and after of each initiative equips us for the health risks of tomorrow.

Check it out: https://bit.ly/3RLPQ9I

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Learn more about the 2026 Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference and FETP International Night highlights, the vital role Peru's FETP graduates, World Field Epidemiology Day 2026, and more in TEPHINET's recent newsletter!

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