In the United States, when you face an emergency, you dial 911 and an ambulance will be sent to your house to help. What if people living in poverty all over the world could dial a number to have cash delivered to them in a crisis?
The nightmare scenario is that the coronavirus pandemic never truly ends. Making sure that never comes to pass has become the central focus of a global scientific effort to track the myriad evolutions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Modeling and data-driven analytics have been invaluable tools in the global response to the Covid-19 crisis. However, deploying these analytical tools, and communicating insights, has been challenging in the best …
The Rockefeller Foundation announces over $20 million in funding and several non-financial collaborations to help strengthen global capabilities to detect and respond to pandemic threats by strengthening organizations’ abilities to sequence and share genomic information and other data rapidly. Collaborating with over 20 organizations from the public, private, and non-profit sectors, this enhanced network will begin to shape The Rockefeller Foundation’s pandemic prevention institute.
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The Pandemic Prevention Initiative is working closely with a global network of laboratories, non-profit organizations, governments, international organizations, and private companies to strengthen global surveillance capacity and provide actionable …
FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute, Outlines Six Solutions to Enhance Early Warning Capabilities Washington, DC – June 3, 2021 - FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, today released …
Stopping the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic requires that all countries have equal access to Covid-19 vaccination. This new report by The Rockefeller Foundation, One for All: An Updated Action Plan for Global Covid-19 Vaccination, an update of the first report in April 2021, offers a 5-point action plan to scale equitable vaccination around the world.
80% of Covid-19 vaccinations given in wealthy countries; US$9.3 billion required for COVAX to secure vaccines for low- and middle-income countries. NEW YORK | June 1, 2021 – Despite tireless efforts …
Ending energy poverty means ending poverty globally. Nearly 1 billion people are deprived of electricity and are classified as energy poor. Of the energy poor, three quarters are also multidimensionally poor. …