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The Zambia National Public Health Institute’s new alert system helping to detect public health threats faster

20th February 2026

Summary The challenge: District Surveillance officers needed to manually review data to spot whether or not the number of reported cases surpassed a threshold in disease cases, slowing down detection and putting lives at risk. The solution: In partnership with Resolve to Save Lives, the Zambia National Public Health Institute created a threshold-based alert system to automatically flag unusual increases in disease cases and prompt timely investigation. The...

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