Implementers reflect on successes, challenges, and share key lessons learned from COVID-19 care resource coordination programs.
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A set of practical tools and guidelines developed with and for public health implementers to promote an equitable vaccine rollout.
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A set of integrated public health tools essential for controlling COVID-19 and strengthening our ability to respond to future outbreaks.
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Mitigation strategies including mask wearing, social distancing, safe workspaces, and targeted closures are proven strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission. View our recommendations to support strategic mitigation efforts.
Responsive data systems, metrics, and program improvement plans are vital to designing and implementing high-quality, nimble pandemic response programs that can respond to changes in the epidemiological curve of the virus.
The success of contact tracing hinges on the ability of cases and contacts to safely isolate and quarantine. Without resources to ensure everyone can do so safely, people may be forced to choose between meeting basic needs and quarantining, perpetuating community transmission among the most vulnerable. Through care resource coordination, jurisdictions can address the social determinants of health and reduce disparities currently exacerbated by fragmented social service ecosystems.
Culturally-sensitive communications, developed with community involvement and offered in a variety of languages and settings are essential. This facilitates dialogue and sharing of critical information regarding prevention, testing, treatment, and vaccination with populations hardest hit by the pandemic.
School closures exacerbate inequities in education. Studies show limited risk of transmission within schools, and this data should guide decision-making on reopening K-12 schools. Policies should manage and mitigate community and in-school risks while prioritizing younger, special needs, and low-income students.
Robust contact tracing that facilitates safe quarantine breaks chains of transmission of COVID-19, stops the spread, and saves lives. A comprehensive contact tracing program includes case investigation, identifying known exposed contacts, and providing support for both positive cases and exposed individuals. This must be a continued priority as part of a comprehensive public health response to COVID-19.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Shefali Oza of the COVID-19 Massachusetts Community Tracing Collaborative to discuss the role of contact tracing as caseloads surge, and how and what to prioritize in contact tracing and resource coordination.
A community-based public health response to COVID-19 and reopening the U.S. economy.
An effective public health response to COVID-19 relies on a representative, well-trained and well-managed workforce. We must commit to rapidly and thoughtfully expanding the public health workforce in the United States in response to this pandemic and with an eye toward building stronger public health infrastructure for the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge gaps in the US public health and health care systems and highlighted the negative effects of hundreds of years of structural inequities and systemic racism. In particular, this pandemic has disproportionately impacted low-income, migrant, Indigenous, incarcerated communities, and communities of color. Programs and policies should create a preferential option for these groups.
