All posts tagged "health"

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  Lord O’Donnell challenges lockdown decision-making and reversion to unilateralism

  On purely medical grounds, lockdowns are effective in suppressing COVID-19. But Gus O’Donnell, the UK’s former Cabinet secretary, tells Matt Ross that national decision-makers should take a wider view of

  • Posted April 29, 2020
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  Seeking solutions for COVID-19: Hackathon surfaces 100 possibilities

  Under the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany and other governments around the world have used social distancing to slow the spread of the virus. We see progress due to

  • Posted April 27, 2020
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  India launches apps to track corona cases and tackle misinformation

  The Indian government has launched a coronavirus tracking app, two weeks after it created a WhatsApp chatbot – designed to provide citizens with information about the pandemic – which has

  • Posted April 6, 2020
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  Lessons from the frontline: how to stop the spread of COVID-19

  Countries have adopted very different approaches to combating coronavirus – and had wildly different results. Mia Hunt explains how some Far Eastern countries have successfully prevented its spread, and identifies

  • Posted March 26, 2020
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  US agencies urged to expand telework as corona spreads

  The White House has recommended that federal agencies allow more employees to work remotely, in a bid to mitigate the risks posed by the coronavirus, COVID-19.   In a memo

  • Posted March 16, 2020
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  US government urged to protect feds from coronavirus as Trump response comes under fire

  US agencies are scrambling to introduce measures protecting federal government workers from exposure to coronavirus, as president Trump faces mounting criticism for his response to the outbreak.  The Office for

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  The power of prevention: de-risking the future

  On environmental, social and economic issues, nations face a set of ticking time bombs – and unless they take preventive action, their people and public finances will suffer. At the

  • Posted September 27, 2019
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  South Korea commits US$4bn to bolster tech sectors

  The South Korean government will spend S$4.7 trillion (US$3.9bn) of its 2020 budget on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), in a bid to boost R&D, infrastructure and economic growth.  

  • Posted August 22, 2019
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  From bitter experience: Lord O’Donnell on the next recession

  The world economy is in trouble, former UK Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell told the 2019 Global Government Summit, and governments must become more effective – repairing their economies, and reshaping

  • Posted August 14, 2019
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  UK to invest US$300m in national artificial intelligence lab

  The UK government has pledged £250m (US$302m) for a national Artificial Intelligence lab designed to provide NHS patients with improved and personalised care.   The lab will bring together the

  • Posted August 13, 2019
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