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2019 Global Health Security Index
2019 Global Health Security Index (Nuclear Threat Initiative, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and The Economist Intelligence Unit, Oct 2019, 316p) “Intended as a key resource in the face...
A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US
A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, April 10, 2020, 15p) In order to save lives,...
A World In Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report 2020
A World In Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report 2020 (GPMB c/o World Health Organization, Sept 2020, 51p) The second report of GPMB, stating that “COVID-19 has taken advantage...
COVID-19, Disaster Preparedness, Epidemic Preparedness, Global Health, Pandemics, Urgent Global Actions
Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech
Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech (Global Disinformation Index, July 8, 2020, 3p) COVID-19 disinformation has real-world harms to public health (claims about magical solutions and disinfectants), specific groups...
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation (Ezekiel J. Emanuel & 7 others, Science, 11 Sept 2020, 1309-1312) Once effective COVID vaccines are developed, they will be scarce. Allocation among...
Contact Tracing for COVID-19: Assessing Needs, Using a Tailored Approach
Contact Tracing for COVID-19: Assessing Needs, Using a Tailored Approach (Michael Osterholm and 5 others, CIDRAP, U of Minnesota, June 2, 9p) Part 4 of The CIDRAP Viewpoint series, “based...
COVID-19 – What Experts Expect & Propose
Published 1 Aug, 2020. 1st update 11 Sept, 2020. 2nd Update 10 Oct,2020. Download as PDF here The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed our world and is still underway with...
COVID-19 Action Agenda Leaders on the Front Line: Why Social Entrepreneurs Are Needed Now More than Ever
COVID-19 Action Agenda Leaders on the Front Line: Why Social Entrepreneurs Are Needed Now More than Ever (The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship for the World Economic Forum, September, 2020, 70p) Social...
COVID-19 Back to School
COVID-19 Back to School (Irwin Redlener et al., National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Univ, August 2020, 5p) Is it safe for my child to be in school? “As opposed to...
COVID-19 Briefing Materials: Global Health and Crisis Response
COVID-19 Briefing Materials: Global Health and Crisis Response (McKinsey & Company, April 13, 2020, 91p) An extensive analysis with many charts and graphs on the state of the science, 9...
COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation
COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation (Group of Eight Australia, late April 2020, 190p) An independent report by >100 leading researchers from Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8)...
COVID-19 Strategy Update
COVID-19 Strategy Update (WHO, April 14, 2020, 23p.) The World Health Organization gives an overview of the current situation, key insights, and national and international strategies. “Countries must do everything...
COVID-19 Underscores the Need for Voting Reform
COVID-19 Underscores the Need for Voting Reform (Union of Concerned Scientists, July 2020, 4p) A brief and well-referenced report calling for states to make an immediate and large investment "into...
COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheets
COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheets (UN Environment Programme, June 19, 6p). Masks, gloves, gowns, and other protective equipment produced by hospitals, healthcare facilities, and individuals can be infected with the virus,...
COVID-19: A Global Perspective. 2020 Goalkeepers Report
COVID-19: A Global Perspective. 2020 Goalkeepers Report (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sept 2020, 45p). Goalkeepers focus on progress toward the SDGs, especially goals 1-6 on poverty, hunger, and good...
COVID-19: Potential Impact on the World’s Poorest People
COVID-19: Potential Impact on the World’s Poorest People (World Food Programme, April 2020, 13p) Currently, “821 million people regularly go to bed hungry.” Due to the economic and logistical consequences...
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 1: The Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 1: The Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Pandemic Influenza (Michael T. Osterholm and 7 others, CIDRAP, April 30, 2020, 8p) The Center...
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 2: Effective COVID-19 Crisis Communication
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 2: Effective COVID-19 Crisis Communication (Michael T. Osterholm and 7 others, CIDRAP, May 6, 2020, 11p) “Messages from government leaders and even public health officials...
COVID-19: Urgent Call to Protect People and Nature
COVID-19: Urgent Call to Protect People and Nature (World Wildlife Fund, June 2020, 21p) Humanity’s broken relationship with nature comes at a cost, revealed in terrible ways by the COVID-19...
Essay: COVID-19: A Pandemic of Assassinated Assumptions: A Perfect Storm for Leaders
First published Dec. 14th 2020. Provocation The global pandemic was declared by the WHO on 11 March, signalling that COVID-19 had or was about to reach all shores. Since then,...