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![Health workers engaged in risk communication and community engagement activities during the 2023-2024 yellow fever outbreak in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State. © Ministry of Health of South Sudan for 7-1-7 Alliance](jpg/30a5b1d4-65d0-45d3-b8dd-6d29ff818fbf.jpg)
7-1-7 Saves Lives in South Sudan
The 7-1-7 target has proven to be a critically important tool for countries to assess the performance of their health systems, quickly identify bottlenecks to effective action, and move from capacity measurement to system improvement. In South Sudan, which started using 7-1-7 in 2023, 78 suspected and 3 confirmed cases of Yellow Fever, concentrated in a single […]
![Two heathcare workers recording a patients blood pressure in the Simple app on a tablet.](jpg/whatsapp-image-2023-10-09-at-11.13.18-am-topaz-denoise-exposure-faceai-sharpen-color.jpg)
Bangladesh strengthens primary care, cuts back high blood pressure by 50%
Since Resolve to Save Lives began working in Bangladesh in 2018, the country has seen a nearly 20-fold increase in patients on life-saving treatment for high blood pressure and nearly tripled its hypertension control rate (from 20% to nearly 60%).
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Integrating hypertension treatment with HIV care dramatically improved patient outcomes in Uganda
Adapting HIV treatment models to include hypertension improves hypertension control while maintaining viral suppression.