Remove 2021 Remove Engagement Remove Public Health
article thumbnail

What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

The City Fix

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Advocacy 130
article thumbnail

UC Davis Health Cloud Innovation Center, powered by AWS, uses generative AI to fight health misinformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci called health misinformation “the enemy of pandemic control.” In addition to harming public well-being, health misinformation has dastardly effects on the US economy.

article thumbnail

National Health Security Preparedness Index

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast we learn about the National Health Security Preparedness Index This index gets an annual update and looks at the public health readiness of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Additionally, we look at the pandemic and what it showed about public health readiness and plans to improve the functioning of the index.

article thumbnail

Migrating and modernizing state WIC applications with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Public health agencies know that modernizing their technology infrastructure is necessary to avoid disruptions to program operations and create new opportunities to serve their constituents. This technology is aging across the U.S., Modern, advanced WIC technology applications (i.e.

article thumbnail

An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

The City Fix

When India’s federal government announced a public health lockdown on March 24, 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it generated desperate scenes. Economic activity ground to a halt. Millions of migrant workers traveled back to their home states.

article thumbnail

The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

zencity

But before we do so, we want to quickly look back and reflect on 2021. Over the second half of 2021 alone, the Zencity team attended over 40 government conferences across 22 states – and even crossed the pond to take part in a few UK local authority and policing events. IACP Technology Conference 2022.

article thumbnail

Local Government Community Agriculture Strategy 2023 | GovPilot

GovPilot

of households in the United States faced food insecurity in 2021 alone. The pandemic opened many people’s eyes to the challenges communities face in securing high-quality food. As many as 10.2%