Supporting the equitable allocation of vaccines

Vaccines are critical to a holistic COVID-19 response. We are working with partners to ensure vaccines are equitably distributed. We seek to support coalition building with respect to last mile distribution and culturally humble communication to build vaccine confidence and uptake. We welcome the opportunity to connect with other organizations working towards a shared vision of vaccine equity.

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the equitable allocation of vaccines.

Vaccines are a critical component of a holistic COVID-19 response. The first wave of vaccines will not be a silver bullet due to limited supply and logistical challenges. However, if allocated thoughtfully, they will provide additional protection for a subset of our most vulnerable populations. We are working with partners to ensure resources are equitably distributed. We seek to support coalition building with respect to last mile distribution and culturally relevant communication to facilitate adoption. We would welcome the opportunity to connect with other organizations working towards a shared vision.

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Vaccinations: a critical need

Significant work remains to be done to ensure vaccines can be distributed in an equitable and efficient manner to the communities that need them the most. We are working across the distribution ecosystem to ensure our country has the cold chain infrastructure, backend tracking and reporting software, administration sites, and community trust required to vaccinate all community members and especially those hardest hit by the pandemic.

Vaccine+: a model for care beyond vaccination

We believe that existing vaccination efforts can be optimized to address the parallel healthcare and social needs of community members through Vaccine+. We aim to extend the reach of existing vaccination efforts deeper into the communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic and address clinical and social needs during the 15 - 30 minute observation window after someone is vaccinated.
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We are working with partners to understand and address community members' needs and connect them directly to services during the vaccine monitoring period. Supports include connections to primary care and health screenings, mental health services and insurance enrollment, access to food and legal aid, and interventions to address increased anxiety and depression in both adults and children

Stone Cold Systems & Community Healthcare Network: Facilitating the secure cold transportation of COVID-19 vaccines

Stone Cold Systems (SCS) had spent 5+ years iterating on a portable, rechargeable cold storage unit with the ability to monitor temperatures, GPS data, and other metrics to facilitate global vaccine delivery. SCS realized their product could solve urgent domestic challenges around transportation of COVID-19 vaccines. Community Healthcare Network (CHN), a Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City with 14 locations, was looking for a solution to ease the process of redistributing ~600+ doses to their city-wide network of clinics and pop-up sites in hard hit and historically underserved neighborhoods. Because of the strict cold storage requirements of the vaccines, CHN had been redistributing vaccines to satellite sites on a daily basis to make sure doses were used within the required timeframe. This created significant complexity in their daily operations, including increased demands on limited staffing resources.

Stop the Spread facilitated a partnership between CHN and SCS, who piloted their product in New York City. This enabled SCS to validate anew use case for their product, and it significantly eased the complexity of CHN’s operations, allowing them to more efficiently disseminate vaccines. SCS will look to take their learnings from this pilot to further improve their solution as they look to deploy across the country and the globe.

Honda & Dynaflo Pumps: Filling The Gap For Critical Ventilator Components

Dynaflo, Inc. produces a sophisticated compressor that is an essential component in critical care medical ventilators. Due to the pandemic, Dynaflo was asked to scale up production from roughly 300 per month to 10,000 per month. Dynaflo was able to work with their supply chain to rapidly increase the supply of needed parts, but faced challenges in assembling compressors at scale. Stop the Spread paired them with Honda of America, given expertise in mass production and willingness to help. The partners are now on track to meet their 10,000 compressors a month goal by June. Together, Honda and DynafloPumps are ensuring that ventilators get off the assembly line and into hospitals on time.

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Honda press release

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Resources for Vaccines

STS Resources

Playbook for Community-based Vaccinations

Tools for planning, co-designing, and implementing community-based models that advance vaccine equity

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Supporting the equitable allocation of vaccines

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the equitable allocation of vaccines.

Vaccinations: a critical need

Vaccine+: a model for care beyond vaccination

CASE STUDIES

Here are select opportunities that Stop the Spread helped connect and catalyze:

Stone Cold Systems & Community Healthcare Network: Facilitating the secure cold transportation of COVID-19 vaccines

Honda & Dynaflo Pumps: Filling The Gap For Critical Ventilator Components

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I Can Help:

Resources for Vaccines

STS Resources

Playbook for Community-based Vaccinations

The Race to Vaccinate Americans: Trading Off Speed for Equity

Vaccine Development Is Only Half The Hurdle

Four ways that private funders can ensure vaccines reach hard-hit communities

A Hyperlocal Model for Vaccinations: Addressing Inequity

External Resources

Sostento's Covid Enders Vaccination Toolkit

Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus

Virality Project

Surgo Ventures The COVID-19 Crisis

How to Safely, Fairly and Fully Reopen the US Economy

Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities

Vaccine Misinformation Field Guide to Vaccine

Greater Than COVID

American's Views on a COVID-19 Vaccine

Fight Misinformation with Stronger

Vaccine Equity Cooperative

Supporting an Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

Ariadne Vaccine Allocation planner

FEMA Community Vaccination Centers Playbook

Promising Practices to Reach the Unreached

Black Coalition Against COVID-19 Racial Equity Guidebook

COVID Act Now

Current and Past Partners

Ariadne Labs

Bindle

Esri

Made to Save

ConsejoSano

St. John's Well Child and Family Center

Sostento

Tia

Uber

Unite Us

Community HealthcareNetwork

Eden Health

Weill Cornell CTSC

Epicenter

Amphibious Medics

mPulse Mobile

CareMessage‍

COVID Act Now

COVID-19 Prevention Network

Harmony Health

Public Goods Projects

Side Porch Consulting Group

Stronger

Greater New York City Black Nurses Association

Hope City Church

COVID Courage

Information

Critical Needs

St. John's Well
Child and Family Center

Community Healthcare
Network

CareMessage
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COVID-19 Prevention
Network

Side Porch
Consulting Group

Greater New York City
Black Nurses Association