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| Initiative Name | Tags | Organizations Involved | DescriptionWhat | kind of help do they needHow to get involved? | Links to Press | Contact Info | Last Updated |
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| MiPasa | WHO, IBM, Oracle, HACERA | "Big names including IBM, Oracle and the World Health Organization (WHO) are among the collaborators on an open-data hub that will use blockchain technology to check the veracity of data relating to the coronavirus pandemic." | Coindesk, Cointelegraph | March 30, 2020 | |||
Perspectives and News:
These are articles in the press, or even well written personal essays, on how this tech blockchain technology can and or should be applied to the challenges.
How A Coronavirus ‘Data Vault’ Could Help Re-Open The Economy In Four Weeks, Nishan Degnarain, Forbes, Mar 30 2020
Five Ways Blockchain Can Unblock The Coronavirus Medical Supply Chain, Nishan Degnarain, Forbes, Mar 22 2020
- China: Blockchain Deployment Rises Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Cointelegraph, Feb 17 2020
These articles are less directly about the application of the tech, and more about what kinds of solutions will be needed:
Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society, The Telegraph, Mar 29 2020
How America Can Reopen, NYTimes, Mar 30 2020
We Can Safely Restart the Economy in June. Here’s How, NYTimes Mar 28 2020
Protecting Civil Liberties During a Public Health Crisis, EFF blog post, Mar 10 2020
620,000 people installed TraceTogether in 3 days, S’pore’s open source contact tracing app, Mothership.sg, Mar 23 2020
TraceTogether: under the hood, Medium, Mar 23 2020
Funding Opportunities:
There were quite a few listed in the minutes of the Mar 20 HC SIG call. Maybe the list could be vetted and a shortened version reposted here.
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