Case studies

During the Cricket World Cup, the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s new surveillance system protected residents, visitors and health systems.

Using the 7-1-7 target, public health officials in El Salvador managed to stop the spread of imported malaria cases and maintain the nation’s malaria-free status.

Three years after a devastating Ebola outbreak claimed 55 lives, Uganda contained an outbreak with four deaths using the 7-1-7 target. 

In the middle of a public health emergency across the Africa region, Gabon’s public health officials quickly stopped an mpox outbreak, achieving the 7-1-7 target with two confirmed cases and no reported deaths.

A cross-border collaboration successfully contained a cholera outbreak that began near the Thailand-Myanmar border. Using 7-1-7, applying lessons from an earlier E. coli outbreak and leveraging an existing coordination mechanism minimized the damage: Only 10 cross-border cases were identified, and no deaths occurred.

We partnered with South Sudan’s Ministry of Health to stop a cholera outbreak in what officials called “the fastest we’ve ever been able to deploy a team”.