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Transforming electronic case reports with generative AI: Unlocking faster public health responses

AWS Public Sector Blog

For years, public health agencies have relied on paper-based case report forms to supplement the electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) they receive for reportable diseases. As a result, public health agencies now receive a flood of detailed eCR data for COVID-19 and other reportable conditions.

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How Cities Can Rethink Housing After COVID-19

The City Fix

When the world shut down last March, the urban housing conversation took on a radically different hue. Suddenly, housing was a public health concern – which, of course, it always had been. Where you live, and under what conditions, appeared. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

The issue of document access and related administrative burdens is so ubiquitous that public health researchers have published papers about the detrimental impact a lack of identification has on those experiencing homelessness. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector team.

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Metagoverning collaborative networks: a cumulative power perspective

Policy & Politics Journal blog

Chen & Oda Hustad Collaboration in cross-sectoral networks is proliferating in response to different public policy issues such as climate change, public health crises, economic inequality and urban renewal. By Alexander L. These collaborative networks are typically characterised as… Continue reading →

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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How Innovation Creates Dynamic, Resilient Cities

NLC (National League of Cities)

Cities, towns and villages across the United States took bold actions to address the COVID-19 pandemic, initiating thousands of policies aimed at improving public health, city operations, infrastructure, housing and workforce development. Governments are often compelled to innovate out of necessity.

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Planning for heat/climate change | Public health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, 75% of housing in France doesn't have air conditioning. The Washington Post has three articles today on the topic: -- " U.K. braces for record temperatures as ‘heat apocalypse’ hits Europe." As Europe has experienced rising temperatures over the past 20 years, institutions are taking more measures to reduce the negative impact.