WHO tests a strategy game to improve outbreak response speed | WHO website The World Health Organisation is testing an innovative approach to strengthening outbreak preparedness through an interactive simulation designed to improve the speed of outbreak detection, notification and response. The initiative centres on the “7-1-7 Strategy Game,” which is built around the outbreak performance benchmark known as the 7-1-7 target. “The 7-1-7 target calls for detecting a suspected outbreak within seven days, notifying public health authorities within one day, and mounting an effective response within seven days,” the WHO release said in a statement on its website on Friday. It was titled, “WHO tests a strategy game to improve outbreak response speed.” Simply put, PUNCH Online reports that th...