A New Initiative Will Help Governors and Local Leaders Fight the Next Pandemic
Jun 06, 2024
Former Governors Asa Hutchinson (R-AK) and Deval Patrick (D-MA) hail how the American Democracy and Health Security initiative can help governors and local leaders better prepare for — and fight — the next pandemic, reinvigorating leadership, bipartisanship, and operational excellence.
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American Democracy and Health Security Initiative: Lighting a Path Amid Pandemic Polarization
Jun 03, 2024
The story of how America fared under the Covid-19 pandemic is actually two stories. While the more well-known story is one of national failure, loss, and polarization, the other story is one of American ingenuity amid profound uncertainty. State and local leaders were at the center of this untold story—in serving their communities they innovated, bridged divides, and illuminated America’s path during the Covid-19 pandemic’s darkest days. To spotlight these lamplighters and harvest their hard-won lessons for the future, COVID Collaborative, the Brown University School of Public Health Pandemic Center, and the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security launched last year the American Democracy and Health Security Initiative. On June 5, 2024, we released our key findings and recommendations — practical, actionable steps — that can reinvigorate leadership, bipartisanship, and equitable access in the face of the next health emergency.
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QuickStart partners outline initial lessons learned from COVID-19 test-and-treat programs in low- and middle-income countries.
Mar 26, 2024
The COVID Treatment QuickStart Consortium is a unique multisector, public-private partnership that aims to accelerate access to health care in low- and middle-income countries and create a pathway forward for long-term scale-up and sustainability.
Partners: Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Americares, Clinton Health Access Initiative
The COVID Treatment QuickStart Consortium
Feb 28, 2024
Partners: Duke Global Health Innovation Center
Lessons from the COVID War
Apr 25, 2023
The Covid Crisis Group was created in 2021 by four foundations to lay the foundation for a National Covid Commission. Led by former 9/11 Commission Executive Director Philip Zelikow, in partnership with COVID Collaborative mapped the landscape of the crisis, and held listening sessions with nearly 300 people in the US and beyond. This powerful report on what went wrong—and right—with America’s Covid response shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern times.
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PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Chart a Path Forward for Respiratory Infection Testing after End of PHE
Mar 01, 2023
This press release announces the release of the paper "Testing of Respiratory Infections: Beyond COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" on March 2, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
Testing for Respiratory Infections: Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Mar 01, 2023
This report offers a set of recommendations to embed low-cost testing for those that need it most into national health policy and payment strategies to ensure that these diagnostic tools are accessible to the public long-term after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends on May 11, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
American Democracy and Pandemic Security: Strengthening the U.S. Pandemic Response in a Free Society
Feb 09, 2023
On December 5, 2022, COVID Collaborative, the Brown University School of Public Health Pandemic Center, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center, convened a senior-level roundtable on “Democracy and Pandemic Security.” The bipartisan gathering of leaders and institutions issued a report identifying solutions to better protect Americans from pandemic threats and re-enforce American values of freedom and democracy.
Partners: Center for Strategic & International Studies, Brown School of Public Health
Zambia Becomes First Country to Receive PAXLOVID (TM) through COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium
Dec 22, 2022
Zambia recently received the first shipment of Paxlovid under our COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. This is a significant milestone for Quick Start -- the first concerted effort to bring new, highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments to low- and middle-income countries. Shipments will soon follow to our other partner countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Partners: Americares, Clinton Health Access Initiative, QuickStart Consortium, Duke University
Global COVID-19 Response
From Airports to Arms: New Insights and Urgent Recommendations to Accelerate Global COVID-19 Vaccinations
Dec 23, 2021
This report summarizes insights and recommendations from a joint global convening on vaccination challenges hosted by Covid GAP, WHO, UNICEF, and Africa CDC, and also draws on learnings from national, regional, and global vaccination efforts over the past year, particularly those led by WHO and UNICEF through COVAX Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) activities and by Africa CDC and the African Union.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Covid GAP, World Health Organization, UNICEF, Africa CDC
Schools and Youth
Hidden Pain: Children Who Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID-19 and What the Nation Can Do To Help Them
Dec 09, 2021
In a report written with the COVID Collaborative, we estimate the number of children who lost a parent or other caregiver to COVID-19 and provide concrete recommendations for urgent actions to protect these vulnerable children and their remaining caregivers.
Partners: APIAHF, Unidos US, NAACP, Social Policy Analytics, National Congress of American Indians
US Vaccine Uptake
Health Center Resource Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Resources
Nov 09, 2021
This resource serves as a vehicle through which 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) collaborate and coordinate activities to support health centers.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Health Center Resource Clearing House, National Association of Community Health Centers
Zambia Becomes First Country to Receive PAXLOVID (TM) through COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium
Dec 22, 2022
Zambia recently received the first shipment of Paxlovid under our COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. This is a significant milestone for Quick Start -- the first concerted effort to bring new, highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments to low- and middle-income countries. Shipments will soon follow to our other partner countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Partners: Americares, Clinton Health Access Initiative, QuickStart Consortium, Duke University
New Priorities to Maximize the Impact of the Global COVID-19 Response
Sep 30, 2022
As the world transitions from emergency crisis response to sustainable pandemic control, COVID Collaborative and Duke University just released a report outlining “New Priorities to Maximize the Global COVID-19 Response.” To save the most lives in a world of competing priorities and limited resources, the report recommends fully protecting – including with boosters and access to treatment – at-risk populations and incorporating COVID response efforts into primary health care.
Partners: Covid GAP
Seizing the Moment: Global Action to End the COVID-19 Crisis and Prevent the Next Pandemic
Apr 28, 2022
COVID GAP and Pandemic Action Network co-hosted a joint virtual convening, Global Call to Action: End the COVID-19 Crisis and Prevent the Next Pandemic, on March 29 with 9 other heading health organizations from around the world. Following the event, the groups released a joint declaration today highlighting urgent, actionable priorities to update the post-Omicron COVID-19 strategy for a more equitable and effective global pandemic response.
Partners: Covid GAP
The Path Forward: A Post-Omicron Strategy for the Global COVID-19 Response
Mar 30, 2022
The report from COVID GAP lays out a path forward in this pivotal moment of the global response as we shift from emergency crisis management to a sustainable control strategy.
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Pills to People: Accelerating Equitable Global Access to Oral Therapeutics for COVID-19
Mar 03, 2022
This report, released by COVID Gap, emphasizes the vital need for a “vaccination plus” strategy that expands the COVID arsenal to include oral treatments, and lays out a plan for achieving this.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Urgent Action to Overcome the Threat of COVID-19 Associated Orphanhood and Caregiver Death
Feb 23, 2022
This report, issued by dozens of leading international NGOs, outlines the magnitude of loss globally due to COVID-19 and presents tangible steps that global leaders can take to support children and families.
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From Airports to Arms: New Insights and Urgent Recommendations to Accelerate Global COVID-19 Vaccinations
Dec 23, 2021
This report summarizes insights and recommendations from a joint global convening on vaccination challenges hosted by Covid GAP, WHO, UNICEF, and Africa CDC, and also draws on learnings from national, regional, and global vaccination efforts over the past year, particularly those led by WHO and UNICEF through COVAX Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) activities and by Africa CDC and the African Union.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Covid GAP, World Health Organization, UNICEF, Africa CDC
Holding the World to Account: Urgent Actions Needed to Close Gaps in the Global COVID-19 Response
Nov 18, 2021
This initial report, released by COVID GAP, focuses on steps that the G7/EU countries can take immediately to meet the urgent challenge of reaching 40 percent vaccination coverage in every country by the end of 2021 – a critical milestone to ending the pandemic everywhere
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Press Release: Duke University and Covid Collaborative Launch Global Accountability Platform To Accelerate Equitable Covid-19 Pandemic Response
Oct 19, 2021
This press release announces the launch of the COVID Global Accountability Platform to accelerate an equitable COVID-19 global response.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
COVID Collaborative Statement for Global COVID-19 Summit
Sep 22, 2021
Covid Collaborative was invited to submit a statement outlining its plan to support the global vaccination goals of the Global COVID-19 Summit on September 22.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Framework For a Global Action Plan for COVID-19 Response
Sep 10, 2021
This seven-point framework, endorsed by almost 40 leading organizations and global health experts, encourages world leaders to take necessary steps to end the pandemic.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Pandemic Action Network
Open Letter to World Leaders: A Call for a Global Summit to End the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sep 01, 2021
In this open letter, a coalition of 80 global leaders and over 25 organizations across corporate, philanthropic, civil society, advocacy, academic, and health sectors have called on world leaders to convene a global summit on COVID-19.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Pandemic Action Network
Op Ed: Our Six Point Plan for Biden’s Covid Summit
Aug 30, 2021
Mark McClellan, Gary Edson, Pascal Lamy, and Carolyn Reynolds share a six-point plan for how President Biden can make the most of a global COVID-19 summit.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Paris Peace Forum, Pandemic Action Network
US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief: Urgent Action to End the Pandemic Globally and Accelerate US Recovery and Security
Aug 03, 2021
In an accompanying US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief, COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, joined by more than a dozen health policy and global health leaders, called on President Biden to take urgent action to end the pandemic around the world and accelerate US recovery and security.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
Open Letter To The Biden-Harris Administration: US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief: Urgent Action to End the Pandemic Globally and Accelerate US Recovery and Security
Aug 03, 2021
In an open letter to the Biden-Harris Administration, and an accompanying US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief, COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, joined by more than a dozen health policy and global health leaders, called on President Biden to take urgent action to end the pandemic around the world and accelerate US recovery and security.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Open Letter to World Leaders: A G7 Action Plan to Ensure the World is Vaccinated Quickly and Equitably
Jun 07, 2021
COVID Collaborative, along with Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), and three units of Duke University issued an open letter urging the G7 leaders and member states to use their vaccine expertise and manufacturing capacity to accelerate global access to vaccines while meeting domestic health needs. The letter was endorsed by a number of renowned global health experts.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Press Release: U.S. Global Health Experts Urge G7 Action to Vaccinate the World Quickly and Equitably
Jun 07, 2021
This press release accompanied an open letter in which representatives of four U.S.-based organizations – Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), COVID Collaborative, and three units of Duke University – together with the endorsement of renowned global health experts – urged the G7 leaders and member states to use their vaccine expertise and manufacturing capacity to accelerate global access to vaccines while meeting domestic health needs.
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Open Letter to the Biden Administration and US Congress Calling for Urgent High-Level US Leadership to Address Escalating Global COVID-19 Vaccine Crisis
May 17, 2021
In this "Open Letter to the Biden Administration and Congress," COVID Collaborative, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Duke - Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, and Duke Global Health Innovation Center call for urgent U.S. leadership to address the widening global gap in access to COVID-19 vaccines, focusing on five specific areas for immediate action.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Center for Global Development, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Opinion | Why America’s Next Covid Push Should Be Outside America
Apr 22, 2021
This op ed, written by COVID Collaborative president Gary Edson and Collaborative members Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar and Michael Merson, calls for increased efforts to help the rest of the world get vaccinated.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center
Reducing Global COVID Vaccine Shortages: New Research and Recommendations for US Leadership
Apr 15, 2021
This paper, produced by COVID Collaborative and three units of Duke University, presents the scope of the global vaccine access challenge, and proposes a complementary three-part US-led solution.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center
Hidden Pain: The Platform
Mar 07, 2022
COVID Collaborative has built a platform to honor the stories of children that have lost a caregiver to COVID-19, and provide resources to help them and their families as they rebuild and look to the future.
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Letter to President Biden Urging Action to Support COVID-Bereaved Children
Jan 26, 2022
In this letter issued by COVID Collaborative, over 80 experts in public health, civil service, education, youth mental health, and more urge President Biden to take action to support the nearly 200,000 children who have lost a parent or in-home caretaker to COVID-19.
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Virtual Learning, Now and Beyond
Jan 13, 2022
The pandemic has revealed both the clear need for high quality online instruction and the dearth of opportunity and evidence to design a path forward to meet that need. This brief provides a guide for education leaders and policymakers building a path forward for virtual learning.
Partners: CRPE, Walton Family Foundation, Allstate Foundation, Bellwether Educational Partners
Opinion: COVID-bereaved children need our support
Jan 04, 2022
John Bridgeland describes the hidden pain of children who have lost caregivers to COVID and highlights a path forward to supporting these 167,000 children.
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Press Release: COVID Collaborative Report Shows More Than 167,000 Children Lost Parents and Caregivers to COVID-19 and Includes Plan of Action to Help Them
Dec 09, 2021
This press release announces the launch of Hidden Pain, a report estimating that 167,082 children – roughly one of every 450 – in the United States lost a parent or other caregiver in the home to COVID-19, and offering a roadmap to support and provide for these children in their most vulnerable moments.
Partners: Social Policy Analytics
Hidden Pain: Children Who Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID-19 and What the Nation Can Do To Help Them
Dec 09, 2021
In a report written with the COVID Collaborative, we estimate the number of children who lost a parent or other caregiver to COVID-19 and provide concrete recommendations for urgent actions to protect these vulnerable children and their remaining caregivers.
Partners: APIAHF, Unidos US, NAACP, Social Policy Analytics, National Congress of American Indians
What Schools and Districts Can Do to Make Up for Lost Learning Time
Sep 01, 2021
This report proposes six principles to ensure students experience a positive, healthy, and restorative schooling experience in 2021 after three years of disrupted learning.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Walton Family Foundation, CPRE, Allstate Foundation
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Sports
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Autonomy 5 Conferences published a letter calling for #COVIDSafeZones on college game days.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones on Campuses - How Higher Education Leaders Can Accelerate America’s Vaccination Push — and Keep Their Campuses Open
Aug 18, 2021
In this piece, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call on higher education leaders to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices to keep their campuses open.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: College Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
This open letter encourages colleges and universities to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices for the the 2021-2022 school year.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Press Release: #COVIDSafeZones - Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
This release announces the launch of the #COVIDSafeZones initiative for institutions of higher education.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Innovative Strategies for Leveraging Schools As COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
Aug 01, 2021
This brief, produced by COVID Collaborative, the Duke Margolis Center, the Council of the Great City Schools, and other partners, lays out best practices for school-located vaccination (SLV), an important tool for reopening schools safely and protecting students and their families against outbreaks of COVID-19.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Council of the Great City Schools, AASA, Rural Schools Collaborative, National Rural Education Association
A Roadmap to Kick-Start Recovery in 2021: Six Principles for Summer Learning and Beyond
Jul 09, 2021
This paper, produced by COVID Collaborative and the Center on Reinventing Public Education with the support of the Allstate Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, presents school districts with six principles of summer learning that can guide pandemic recovery and planning for the summer, fall, and beyond.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, CRPE
Key Insights in Health and Safety for Higher Education
Jul 01, 2021
This COVID Collaborative and American College Health Association white paper summarizes the most effective and innovative actions taken by institutions of higher learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and offers insights and recommendations to guide institutions and policymakers as campuses reopen in Fall 2021.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Reunite, Renew, and Thrive: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Roadmap for Reopening School
Jul 01, 2021
More than 40 organizations came together to produce this roadmap to support the return to school with quality-focused SEL strategies centered on relationships and built on the existing strengths of a school community.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, CASEL
Parents' Views on Having Children Vaccinated Against COVID-19
May 17, 2021
COVID Collaborative, Ad Council and the Council of the Great City Schools released a national poll announcing that six in 10 parents plan to vaccinate all of their children and majority of parents would feel safer sending kids to school if most other children were vaccinated.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
Press Release: Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Initiative
Apr 28, 2021
This press released announced the work of the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools initiative, convened by COVID Collaborative, Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, and New America to bring together diverse players across health and education to publish resources supporting schools and districts in implementing CDC guidance and getting back to in-person learning.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Use of Funds Advisory Memo
Apr 27, 2021
The Use of Funds Advisory Memo outlines ways in which states can support LEAs in making strategic use of authorized funds in helping to ensure that schools are equipped to keep their students and staff healthy and safe.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Scientific Consensus Statement
Apr 27, 2021
This consensus statement, issued by a group of leading scientists from the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Task Force, builds on the CDC guidance and provides evidence to reinforce the effectiveness of layered infection prevention and control measures inside schools.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Sample Language for an RFP Executive Summary
Apr 27, 2021
This sample language for an RFP Executive Summary, produced by members of the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, provides a template for use by districts in seeking bidders for professional services to assess, plan, and implement improvements to educational facilities.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Roadmap to Healthy Schools
Apr 27, 2021
The Roadmap to Healthy Schools, produced by the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, is a practical guide to infection prevention and control at the school level. It includes useful case studies of promising practices from schools and districts that have had success with resuming in-person instruction, as well as tools and recommendations that can be used to replicate some of those practices in each unique context.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Framework for Action: Building a Corps for Student Success
Mar 09, 2021
This plan, developed by the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins, City Year, and COVID Collaborative lays out a framework for providing critical supports to enable a generation of young people to succeed, despite the pandemic.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Everyone Graduates Center, City Year
Is it Safe to Reopen Schools?
Mar 01, 2021
This resource, produced by Chiefs for Change and the CSSOO, provides local educational agencies with a guide to design and manage school models during the pandemic.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Evidence Project, Opportunity Labs, CRPE, United States of CARE, American Enterprise Institute, Walton Family Foundation
School Testing Programs
Feb 15, 2021
These materials, developed by Chiefs for Change with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, can help districts design and implement a testing program inside schools.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
Ten Ways To Make Online Learning Work
Nov 23, 2020
This paper draws on the latest evidence, practices, and innovations to help educators, administrators, and policymakers improve online learning and avoid learning loss. It was authored by the former Directors of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, with a foreword written by five former U.S. Secretaries of Education, all members of the COVID Collaborative.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Governors Association, Council of the Great City Schools, Council of Chief State School Officers, American Enterprise Institute
Meeting the Moment Plan to Sustain Gains in High School Graduation Rates
Nov 01, 2020
The Meeting the Moment plan outlines an effort by COVID Collaborative members CIVIC, Johns Hopkins Everyone Graduates Center, and others to help provide the school-based reforms and student supports necessary to keep students on track to graduate in places with the highest dropout risk.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, GradNation, Everyone Graduates Center, CIVIC, Alliance for Excellent Education
Guide to Designing and Managing School Models
Aug 01, 2020
This resource, produced by Chiefs for Change and the CSSOO, provides local educational agencies with a guide to design and manage school models during the pandemic.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Council of Chief State School Officers, Chiefs for Change
Educator Day in the Life Of Resources
Jul 01, 2020
Chiefs for Change and CCSSO developed this simulation process tool grounded in the typical ‘day in the life' of’ key stakeholders in the K-12 system. This tool can be used at any phase of the reopening planning process.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Council of Chief State School Officers, Chiefs for Change
PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Chart a Path Forward for Respiratory Infection Testing after End of PHE
Mar 01, 2023
This press release announces the release of the paper "Testing of Respiratory Infections: Beyond COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" on March 2, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
Testing for Respiratory Infections: Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Mar 01, 2023
This report offers a set of recommendations to embed low-cost testing for those that need it most into national health policy and payment strategies to ensure that these diagnostic tools are accessible to the public long-term after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends on May 11, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
American Democracy and Pandemic Security: Strengthening the U.S. Pandemic Response in a Free Society
Feb 09, 2023
On December 5, 2022, COVID Collaborative, the Brown University School of Public Health Pandemic Center, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center, convened a senior-level roundtable on “Democracy and Pandemic Security.” The bipartisan gathering of leaders and institutions issued a report identifying solutions to better protect Americans from pandemic threats and re-enforce American values of freedom and democracy.
Partners: Center for Strategic & International Studies, Brown School of Public Health
Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships
Jan 10, 2022
This brief, produced by our partner NASHP, highlights innovative approaches for funding, supporting, and partnering with CHWs, including pathways for financial sustainability.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Academy for State Health Policy, Community Health Acceleration Partnership
Health Center Resource Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Resources
Nov 09, 2021
This resource serves as a vehicle through which 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) collaborate and coordinate activities to support health centers.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Health Center Resource Clearing House, National Association of Community Health Centers
COVID-19 Cases and Deaths, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties Over Time
Nov 01, 2021
This data brief compares 7-day moving average COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates between metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore counties in the United States. It contains a table, plots, and maps depicting metropolitan and nonmetropolitan incidence and mortality rates as of November 1, 2021.
Partners: Rural Policy Research Institute
Rural Americans Share Personal Stories to Inspire Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines in Local Communities and Nationwide
Oct 19, 2021
New PSAs from the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative Speak to Those Still Hesitant About Vaccination Across Rural Communities
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
National Rural Business Summit
Sep 01, 2021
COVID Collaborative, Health Action Alliance, and partners representing rural America hosted a National Business Summit on engaging employees and residents in rural areas and small cities, offering case studies, best practices and actionable tools for employers and other leaders.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Health Action Alliance
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Sports
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Autonomy 5 Conferences published a letter calling for #COVIDSafeZones on college game days.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones on Campuses - How Higher Education Leaders Can Accelerate America’s Vaccination Push — and Keep Their Campuses Open
Aug 18, 2021
In this piece, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call on higher education leaders to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices to keep their campuses open.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: College Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
This open letter encourages colleges and universities to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices for the the 2021-2022 school year.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones in Workplaces
Aug 05, 2021
In this Op Ed, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call for American businesses to create #COVIDSafeZones.
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#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Workplaces
Aug 03, 2021
This open letter encourages businesses to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices in their workplaces.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Innovative Strategies for Leveraging Schools As COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
Aug 01, 2021
This brief, produced by COVID Collaborative, the Duke Margolis Center, the Council of the Great City Schools, and other partners, lays out best practices for school-located vaccination (SLV), an important tool for reopening schools safely and protecting students and their families against outbreaks of COVID-19.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Council of the Great City Schools, AASA, Rural Schools Collaborative, National Rural Education Association
Improving Immunization Information Sharing to Support Targeted COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach
Jul 01, 2021
This paper, produced by COVID Collaborative and the Duke Margolis Center, outlines how to increase immunization information sharing and bridge the gaps between public health and health system data infrastructure to identify and engage unvaccinated populations.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Nationwide Survey of AANHPI on COVID-19
Jul 01, 2021
COVID Collaborative, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), and Hart Research produced the first nationwide COVID-19 survey to focus specifically on the diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates, APIAHF
It's Up to You: Tuskegee Legacy Stories
Jun 30, 2021
As COVID-19 puts a spotlight on public health, future generations from Tuskegee are working to build back trust.
Partners: The Ad Council
Press Release: Vaccine Hesitancy Visualization
Jun 24, 2021
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine and COVID Collaborative launched a new tool that shows data on people's openness to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine by ZIP code and county for the entire United States.
Partners: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Rural Community COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
Jun 03, 2021
This resource library includes conversation starters and public service announcements developed in partnership with the COVID Collaborative, Health Action Alliance, and the Ad Council that can help rural employers, small business owners and public sector employers share vaccine facts and improve vaccination access for employees and families.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Rural Health Association
Press Release: Rural Vaccine Uptake Effort
Jun 03, 2021
This press release announced an ambitious and first of its kind effort to increase vaccine usage among rural Americans against COVID-19 was announced today that draws from all sectors of small-town America in a coordinated push.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council, National Rural Health Association, Health Action Alliance, American Farm Bureau Federation, Center for Rural Strategies, Rural America Chamber of Commerce, National League of Cities, the Daily Yonder, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Press Release: Poll on Vaccination in Military Families
May 20, 2021
This press released announced the release of preliminary data from the Military Families' Perceptions on COVID-19 Vaccine Poll by Blue Star Families (BSF)and the COVID Collaborative.
Partners: Blue Star Families
Addressing Early Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, State Strategies to Achieve Efficiency and Equity
May 01, 2021
This white paper, produced by the Duke Margolis Center, identifies how states sought to achieve the twin goal of vaccinating adults across the United States as quickly as possible while ensuring equitable distribution.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Press Release: Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Initiative
Apr 28, 2021
This press released announced the work of the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools initiative, convened by COVID Collaborative, Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, and New America to bring together diverse players across health and education to publish resources supporting schools and districts in implementing CDC guidance and getting back to in-person learning.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Use of Funds Advisory Memo
Apr 27, 2021
The Use of Funds Advisory Memo outlines ways in which states can support LEAs in making strategic use of authorized funds in helping to ensure that schools are equipped to keep their students and staff healthy and safe.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Scientific Consensus Statement
Apr 27, 2021
This consensus statement, issued by a group of leading scientists from the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Task Force, builds on the CDC guidance and provides evidence to reinforce the effectiveness of layered infection prevention and control measures inside schools.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Sample Language for an RFP Executive Summary
Apr 27, 2021
This sample language for an RFP Executive Summary, produced by members of the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, provides a template for use by districts in seeking bidders for professional services to assess, plan, and implement improvements to educational facilities.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Roadmap to Healthy Schools
Apr 27, 2021
The Roadmap to Healthy Schools, produced by the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, is a practical guide to infection prevention and control at the school level. It includes useful case studies of promising practices from schools and districts that have had success with resuming in-person instruction, as well as tools and recommendations that can be used to replicate some of those practices in each unique context.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Military Families’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine (Part II)
Apr 01, 2021
This poll, produced by COVID Collaborative and Blue Star Families, is a follow-on to the December 2020 Pulse Check, and it seeks to understand military-connected families’ plans and motivations for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, awareness of vaccine availability, access to the vaccine, and perceived barriers to receiving it.
Partners: Blue Star Families
Insights into Unvaccinated Military-Connected Families
Apr 01, 2021
This summary provides insights into attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine amongst military-connected families as part of an effort by COVID Collaborative and Blue Star Families to support vaccine uptake.
Partners: Blue Star Families
Building Public-Private Partnerships to Support Efficient and Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Access and Uptake
Apr 01, 2021
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and COVID Collaborative white paper highlights key opportunities & promising practices for public-private partnerships to support efficient & equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution, access, and uptake.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Public Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization
Mar 24, 2021
This survey study, co-authored by COVID Collaborative Vice President Steven Phillips, investigates which groups the United States public believes should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccine access.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, JAMA Network Open
Rapid Action Consortium
Mar 24, 2021
The U.S Rapid Action Consortium is an expansion of a successful program led by the Creative Destruction Lab Rapid Screening Consortium (CDL RSC) in Canada. The Creative Destruction Lab, Covid Collaborative, and Genpact have come together to launch this consortium in the U.S. to rapidly accelerate a safe reopening of the U.S. economy.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Genpact, Creative Destruction Lab
Press Release: Presidential PSAs
Mar 11, 2021
This press release announces PSAs, produced through the It's Up to You Vaccine Education Campaign, featuring former Presidents and former First Ladies encourage Americans to get the facts and learn more about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
Presidential PSA: Former Presidents and COVID-19 Vaccine Facts
Mar 11, 2021
This PSA, produced as part of the It's Up to You Vaccine Education Campaign, features Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton sharing the facts about COVID-19 vaccination.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
Presidential PSAs: Former Presidents and First Ladies
Mar 11, 2021
In this PSA produced as part of the It's Up to You Vaccine Education Campaign, Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and former First Ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter discuss the important role of COVID-19 vaccination in getting back to the moments we miss and love.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy Among American Indian and Alaska Native People
Mar 01, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Langer Research Associates have conducted a survey of American Indian and Alaska Native people and their attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine to provide insight into encouraging uptake.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Langer Research Associates
Rockefeller Foundation Vaccine Hesitancy Messaging
Mar 01, 2021
The Vaccine Confidence Message Brief produced by the Rockefeller Foundation explores what motivates high-priority audiences to get the Covid-19 vaccine through both a national message testing study and focus groups among people expressing concerns about getting the vaccine. The brief includes high-level audience insights and message recommendations, aimed at motivating audiences to take action.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Rockefeller Foundation
Monthly Vaccine Attitude Pulse Surveys
Mar 01, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Langer Research Associates will be producing a monthly series of tracking studies on vaccine uptake from January to March 2021. The results of these studies will be published here, and will be analyzed over the course of three months to capture key trends in vaccine attitude to inform vaccine uptake efforts by local, state, and federal leaders.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Langer Research Associates
It's Up to You: getvaccineanswers.org
Feb 25, 2021
GetVaccineAnswers.org (DeTiDepende.org in Spanish)is a product of the It's Up to You Vaccine Education Campaign that provides the latest information about COVID-19 vaccines, with the ultimate goal of helping the public feel confident and prepared to get vaccinated.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
Press Release: It's Up to You Campaign Launch
Feb 25, 2021
Covid Collaborative and the Ad Council launched their It's Up to You vaccine education campaign, representing one of the largest public education efforts in history.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
It's Up to You: Faith Community Toolkit
Feb 25, 2021
This toolkit, produced as part of the It's Up to You Campaign, provides the Black faith community with resources to educate community members and build vaccine confidence.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
It's Up to You: Hispanic Community Education Toolkit
Feb 25, 2021
This toolkit, produced as part of the It's Up to You Campaign, provides Hispanic community leaders with resources to education community members about COVID-19 vaccines.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
It's Up to You: Community Education Toolkit
Feb 25, 2021
This toolkit, produced as part of the It's Up to You Campaign, provides resources to educate community members about COVID-19 vaccines and increase confidence in them.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
It's Up to You: Black Community Education Toolkit
Feb 25, 2021
This toolkit, produced as part of the It's Up to You Campaign, supports Black community leaders in educating families about COVID-19 vaccines.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, The Ad Council
NACHC Covid-19 Communications Toolkit for Health Center Staff
Feb 01, 2021
This toolkit shares key vaccine messages, sample social media posts and graphics, selfie signs, and more resources to help health centers communicate with staff and patients about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Association of Community Health Centers
Issue Brief: Supporting an Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines
Dec 01, 2020
The National Governors Association, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, and the COVID Collaborative analyzed state vaccine distribution plans, highlighting common challenges and creative strategies that will assist state leaders in refining their own planning efforts.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, National Governors Association
Survey on Americans' Views on a COVID-19 Vaccine
Oct 29, 2020
COVID Collaborative and Hart Research conducted a nationally representative poll on how Americans are preparing for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. The poll found that while 86% of Americans believe a vaccine will be effective, 61% plan to “wait and see what happens” before taking it. COVID Collaborative co-chairs Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R - Idaho) and Deval Patrick (D - Massachusetts) published an op-ed based on the poll.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
Survey on Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities
Oct 01, 2020
COVID Collaborative, Langer Research, UnidosUS and the NAACP conducted a poll on attitudes and impacts of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in the Black and Latinx communities. The report summarizes these findings and highlights key areas of focus for policy makers, health care professionals, and others working to increase vaccine uptake.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Unidos US, NAACP, Langer Research Associates
PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Chart a Path Forward for Respiratory Infection Testing after End of PHE
Mar 01, 2023
This press release announces the release of the paper "Testing of Respiratory Infections: Beyond COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" on March 2, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
Testing for Respiratory Infections: Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Mar 01, 2023
This report offers a set of recommendations to embed low-cost testing for those that need it most into national health policy and payment strategies to ensure that these diagnostic tools are accessible to the public long-term after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends on May 11, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
An End in Sight: A Plan to Reduce COVID-19 Deaths to Near Zero
Dec 12, 2022
This white paper, written by COVID Collaborative's Vice President of Science and Strategy Steven Phillips, outlines a comprehensive strategy for driving down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
Partners:
What does the future look like for COVID-19 and how should businesses prepare?
Apr 01, 2022
If omicron has taught us anything, it's that this pandemic is unpredictable. The waters have calmed for now, but as a society, we need to learn from what we've been through and put health and wellness measures in place to protect us from another surge. Many businesses are wondering: what now? The answer is to approach the next phase of the pandemic with an eye toward maintaining safety and being prepared with a risk-reduction toolkit.
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Pills to People: Accelerating Equitable Global Access to Oral Therapeutics for COVID-19
Mar 03, 2022
This report, released by COVID Gap, emphasizes the vital need for a “vaccination plus” strategy that expands the COVID arsenal to include oral treatments, and lays out a plan for achieving this.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships
Jan 10, 2022
This brief, produced by our partner NASHP, highlights innovative approaches for funding, supporting, and partnering with CHWs, including pathways for financial sustainability.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Academy for State Health Policy, Community Health Acceleration Partnership
Health Center Resource Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Resources
Nov 09, 2021
This resource serves as a vehicle through which 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) collaborate and coordinate activities to support health centers.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Health Center Resource Clearing House, National Association of Community Health Centers
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Sports
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Autonomy 5 Conferences published a letter calling for #COVIDSafeZones on college game days.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones on Campuses - How Higher Education Leaders Can Accelerate America’s Vaccination Push — and Keep Their Campuses Open
Aug 18, 2021
In this piece, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call on higher education leaders to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices to keep their campuses open.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: College Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
This open letter encourages colleges and universities to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices for the the 2021-2022 school year.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones in Workplaces
Aug 05, 2021
In this Op Ed, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call for American businesses to create #COVIDSafeZones.
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#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Workplaces
Aug 03, 2021
This open letter encourages businesses to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices in their workplaces.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Press Release: Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Initiative
Apr 28, 2021
This press released announced the work of the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools initiative, convened by COVID Collaborative, Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, and New America to bring together diverse players across health and education to publish resources supporting schools and districts in implementing CDC guidance and getting back to in-person learning.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Use of Funds Advisory Memo
Apr 27, 2021
The Use of Funds Advisory Memo outlines ways in which states can support LEAs in making strategic use of authorized funds in helping to ensure that schools are equipped to keep their students and staff healthy and safe.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Scientific Consensus Statement
Apr 27, 2021
This consensus statement, issued by a group of leading scientists from the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Task Force, builds on the CDC guidance and provides evidence to reinforce the effectiveness of layered infection prevention and control measures inside schools.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Sample Language for an RFP Executive Summary
Apr 27, 2021
This sample language for an RFP Executive Summary, produced by members of the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, provides a template for use by districts in seeking bidders for professional services to assess, plan, and implement improvements to educational facilities.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Roadmap to Healthy Schools
Apr 27, 2021
The Roadmap to Healthy Schools, produced by the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, is a practical guide to infection prevention and control at the school level. It includes useful case studies of promising practices from schools and districts that have had success with resuming in-person instruction, as well as tools and recommendations that can be used to replicate some of those practices in each unique context.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Americans’ Views on At-Home Rapid Testing
Feb 24, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released a first-of-its-kind national poll announcing that 86 percent of Americans say they would test themselves using at-home rapid antigen tests to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
School Testing Programs
Feb 15, 2021
These materials, developed by Chiefs for Change with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, can help districts design and implement a testing program inside schools.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
Press Release: Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19
Dec 20, 2020
This press release announced the Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19, issued by Covid Collaborative and endorsed by Governors representing 1 in 3 Americans.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Responding to the Winter 2021 COVID-19 Surge: What Governors Can Do
Dec 20, 2020
COVID Collaborative released a follow-up plan to its Call to Action outlining how Governors could address the COVID surge in Winter 2021 (December 2020 - February 2021).
Partners: COVID Collaborative
A Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19 and Promote National Recovery and Renewal
Dec 10, 2020
COVID Collaborative issued these recommendations for concerted, cross-state action on COVID-19 that were endorsed by Governors representing 1 in 3 Americans.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Brief on Monoclonal Antibody Therapies For COVID-19
Nov 02, 2020
This resource, put out by COVID Collaborative along with members Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Governors Association, provides Governors with critical information about monoclonal antibody therapies as they receive Emergency Use Authorization
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, National Governors Association
Resolve to Save Lives Mask Guidance Playbook
Aug 27, 2020
COVID Collaborative member Resolve to Save Lives published a comprehensive playbook for public health officials and leaders to take a data- and research-driven approach to promoting mask wearing.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Prevent Epidemics, Resolve To Save Lives
Presentation on Facial Masking and COVID-19: Reducing Transmission and Severity of Disease
Apr 01, 2020
Representatives from COVID Collaborative member UCSF prepared a presentation on masking for over 300 mayors, reviewing the science and providing mayors with insights on how to promote mask wearing.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, University of California San Francisco