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Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination efforts boosted by scalable reg and booking tools

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Prior to the pandemic there were no platforms designed for mass patient registration, complex scheduling and communication, let alone platforms that managed all the specific information required for COVID-19 vaccinations, said Jonathan Golden, Georgia deputy area director of CORE. ADVICE FOR OTHERS. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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NHS COVID Pass recognised as equivalent to EU certificate

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The EUDCC, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe. Previously most EU countries accepted the NHS COVID Pass, but only a few were able to scan them. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

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At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. We summarize our proposals in the following sections.

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More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates issued since June 2021

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More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates (EUDCC) have now been generated, according to a European Commission report published today. The certificate, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe.

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How pilots, bartenders and retired nurses helped one city boost vaccine access

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In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool. in Orange County Convention Center WF4.

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Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Enough businesses must make enough money or serious social consequences follow — for them, their employees, and for government. The tendency to social murder creates potential problems that governments must manage, since states too are subject to pressures and tendencies arising from capitalism.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

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The most extreme embodiment of this phenomenon, vaccine nationalism , happens when perfectly lawful tools — contracts known as advance purchase agreements — are used to skew the allocation of vaccine doses to wealthier governments and their populations whenever there is a surge in transnational demand for a given vaccine.