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Google launches Global.health to combat COVID-19

The new new tracking tool leverages global health stats tackle the pandemic

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2021/03/01
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Google.org has joined hands with a consortium of COVID-19 researchers to announce the launch of Global.health, an open-access epidemiological data platform that enables experts to track disease spread in real-time and to forecast future outbreaks, so informing effective government and public response.

With the support of Google.org, researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, Northeastern University and Oxford University created Global.health with the express purpose of leveraging anonymized data from open-access authoritative public health sources to track disease progression.

Data has always been a vital tool in understanding and fighting disease, says Kernie Obimakinde, Google.org Research Fellow, but upholding data privacy has also been a critical aspect in the design of Global.health.

“When an outbreak occurs, timely access to organized, trustworthy and anonymized data is critical as it can help public health leaders formulate early policy, medical interventions, and resource allocation — all of which can slow the spread of disease and save lives,” he explains.

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The Global.health team are confident that the platform will become a key addition to the world’s early warning systems toolbox, helping identify and respond to future epidemics and pandemics that may occur globally, regionally and nationally.

Earlier research work by the consortium helped detect the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, and alert the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Yet, due to the rapid spread of the virus around the world and the overwhelming pressure is created on their systems, the researchers tag-teamed with Google.org to urgently build Global.health.

The grant is part of a broader Google.org $100-million commitment to COVID-19 relief that was announced alongside 30 other projects from organizations around the world using AI and data analytics to support pandemic relief efforts.


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