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A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US
In order to save lives, reduce burdens on healthcare, ease strict distancing, and confidently make progress toward returning to work and school, the US “must implement a comprehensive system to...
A World In Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report 2020
The second report of GPMB, stating that “COVID-19 has taken advantage of a world in disorder,” the pandemic is “far from over,” the “lack of leadership is exacerbating the pandemic,”...
Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech
COVID-19 disinformation has real-world harms to public health (claims about magical solutions and disinfectants), specific groups (Chinese cover-up Jewish elite, Aryan immunity), and public order (police state, vaccine mind control,...
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation
Once effective COVID vaccines are developed, they will be scarce. Allocation among countries raises complex issues among three groups: the COVAX facility led by WHO and GAVI, producers committed to...
Blog: A Pandemic Plateau is False Comfort
Suddenly, and now for nearly two months, everyone on earth knows what the issue is: COVID -19. The massive majority of humanity were given no choice but to ‘know’ they...
C40 Cities Mayors’ Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery
COVID has caused immense suffering in our cities, exacerbating a wider social and economic crisis that has wiped out 400 million full-time jobs in the second quarter of 2020. It...
Contact Tracing for COVID-19: Assessing Needs, Using a Tailored Approach
Part 4 of The CIDRAP Viewpoint series, “based on our current reality and the best available data.” Contact tracing is most effective early in the course of an outbreak, or...
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
Social entrepreneurs found non-profit, hybrid or for-profit organizations who address a social or environmental problem, with a focus on vulnerable populations. As of August 2020, more than one third of...
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
An extensive analysis with many charts and graphs on the state of the science, 9 scenarios on how the situation might evolve, planning and managing responses (for resilience, supply chains,...
COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation
An independent report by >100 leading researchers from Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities, presenting two options: Elimination requiring restrictions for a longer duration at first and Controlled Adaptation by...
COVID-19 Strategy Update
The World Health Organization gives an overview of the current situation, key insights, and national and international strategies. “Countries must do everything they can to stop cases from becoming clusters...
COVID-19 Underscores the Need for Voting Reform
A brief and well-referenced report calling for states to make an immediate and large investment "into vote-by-mail capacity and provision of emergency, early, in-person voting centers. Verification of traceable ballots...
COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheets
Masks, gloves, gowns, and other protective equipment produced by hospitals, healthcare facilities, and individuals can be infected with the virus, leading to public health risks. Nine 1-2p Factsheets are available....
COVID-19: A Global Perspective. 2020 Goalkeepers Report
Goalkeepers focus on progress toward the SDGs, especially goals 1-6 on poverty, hunger, and good health. COVID-19 has reinforced the fact that everyone needs to do their part: governments, the...
COVID-19: Global trade and supply chains after the pandemic
This is a well-organized report from an independent consultant to the IISS . The Institute provides information and analysis, builds networks, and seeks to influence security policy globally. The core messages...
COVID-19: Potential Impact on the World’s Poorest People
Currently, “821 million people regularly go to bed hungry.” Due to the economic and logistical consequences of COVID-19, “the depth and breadth of hunger will increase worldwide.” Describes countries at...
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 1: The Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota seeks to help planners envision what might happen later in 2020 or in 2021. SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint. Part 2: Effective COVID-19 Crisis Communication
“Messages from government leaders and even public health officials have been all over the map, leaving in their wake much confusion and anxiety.” Fairly well-established principles too often ignored include...