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COVID-19 Data Group Analytics

This is a list of analytics by the COVID-19 Data Group.

COVID 19 & Data Working Group Update: November 6, 2020

Research update by the COVID-19 Data Working Group.

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joerene.aviles

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FIRST RESPONDERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DUE TO MASS DECONTAMINATION RUNOFF

In response to

Describe the history of the policy. Was it created in response to or to support existing policy or legislation?

The policy was created in in 1999 after concerns brought up by the Team Leader of the Chemical Weapons Improved Response Team (CWIRT), U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command over whether first responders to WMD (weapons of mass destruction) incidents were liable for pollution and other environmental consequences of their decontamination/ life-saving efforts.

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joerene.aviles

Annotation of

Challenges in researching violence affecting health service delivery in complex security environments

In response to

What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article?

The article's main points cover the major challenges impeding research studies on violence that affects health service delivery in "complex security environments". The problem isn't lack of data regarding violence affecting health service delivery, but the lack of "health specific" and "gender-disaggregated" data, or data that's not completely tied to humanitarian aid.

The authors suggest several ways to increase research: increased collaboration between academia, NGO's, and health service organizations, inserting a research component in aid operations, and increasing funding to academic and aid organizations.