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How are people engaging the public and private sectors to help contribute to a collective response to the pandemic? How are people helping to contribute informal, mutual aid, to address common needs like social connection and remote work? How is the trend towards digital civic engagement accelerating because of social distancing requirements? We'll track global responses to these needs here.
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GetVolunteering
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)GetVolunteering enables you to triage volunteers into clinical and non-clinical roles to support the fight against COVID-19.
A citywide experiment testing the impact of geographically targeted, high-pay-off vaccine lotteries
Philadelphia"We implemented a pre-registered, citywide experiment to test the effects of three high-pay-off, geographically targeted lotteries designed to motivate adult Philadelphians to get their COVID-19 vaccine...we do not detect evidence of any overall benefits."
The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust or ARTT is focused on helping people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.
Rooted in Trust is a pandemic information response plan countering the unprecedented scale and speed of the spread of rumors and misinformation about COVID-19. Operating in ten countries.
COVID In Boston
Boston, MAWith the onset of COVID, BARI has sought to construct a data-support system for a city during a pandemic–both to serve our local communities and to act as a model for others across the country.
Missing Them
New York City, NY, USAThe City's crowdsourced, data-driven obituaries for New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19
En première ligne
FranceFostering solidarity networks against the COVID-19
A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.
Talk on the phone with someone else stuck at home
covid19italia.help
RomeA crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
Brightest COVID-19 Relief
Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USAConnecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support
Berliner Gehwegbreiten
CityLAB BerlinA map showing the width of sidewalks across Berlin using #OpenData
The Self-Quarantine Manifesto
Tech Kontra Wirus
PolandCode for Poland's platform for prioritizing amongst many Coronavirus response ideas
Digital Health Lab
San FranciscoAt Meedan’s Digital Health Lab we are researching, designing and testing a digital response framework for addressing health misinformation online, centered around accessibility and equity.
COVID19CZ je společná aktivita několika českých technologických firem a IT nadšenců zaměřená na pomoc v boji s nákazou COVID-19.
The chatbots are easily accessed via Whatsapp, Messenger and webchat for smartphones and via SMS for feature phones.
Website that shows country-by-country coronavirus social distancing responses
Rooms Against COVID
PortugalAlojamento para profissionais de saúde
IHELPYOU.app
PolandInspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.
Posters and social media resources for Canva users
CovidMeasures.info
A/D/O, Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USACitizens Tracker of Government COVID-19 Measures
Luminate Group's daily email digest of findings across the following topics: Data platforms and privacy-preserved tracingNovel testing for both COVID-19 and antibodiesTreatments and vaccine developmentDecentralized supply chains and open-source hardwareVulnerable populations and protecting at-risk groupsStrengthening the safety net to deliver aid and preserve/create jobsHealth system and workforce protections and capacityPublic-private partnership opportunitiesOpen innovation initiatives
a crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak
COVID-19 self-assessment tool
OntarioAnother open source self-assessment tool, by the Ontario government
We will use the hackathon concept to come up with new products, business models, policy and campaigns by encouraging cross-pollination of ideas.
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