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Improving public health through data exchange

AWS Public Sector Blog

As public health resources shift away from the pandemic response, jurisdictions now seek ways to modernize their public health infrastructure to avoid previous challenges such as data fragmentation, incompleteness of health data, and lack of interoperability.

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Legal Issues for Volunteers Responding to Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at the Temple University College of Public Health. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

zencity

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. As we kick off 2022, we’re planning to attend dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences mapped out over 25 US states and three countries including the UK and Spain. IACP Technology Conference 2022.

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Top 6 agenda items for changemakers in 2022

Bang the Table

So here are the top 6 agenda items to help you focus time and energy on what matters in 2022. In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy.

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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.

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Innovating, investing, and improving: AWS Summit New Delhi and AWS Summit Singapore 2022 keynote recaps

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, the region launched the first Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) in Singapore, which works with public sector agencies to identify pressing social challenges, test new ideas, and develop industry-focused solutions. And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore.

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AWS announces Australia and New Zealand startups selected for AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Aged Care and Digital Health

AWS Public Sector Blog

SilVR Adventures is a virtual reality solution that provides mental well-being experiences to help patients overcome social isolation, stimulate memories, bring joy, and drive social engagement for the elderly and those with dementia, including residents of aged care facilities.