Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Local Response Guidelines

Organization:
Center for Global Development
Award Date:
03/2020
Amount:
$250,000
Purpose:
To support work led by Jeremy Konyndyk on developing COVID-19 response guidelines and decision support tools.

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Center for Global Development to support work led by Jeremy Konyndyk on developing COVID-19 response guidelines and decision support tools to disseminate to local leaders. The guidelines and tools are intended to help local leaders take appropriate measures to limit the spread of the virus. Konyndyk was formerly the director of the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, where he managed an annual budget of more than $1.4 billion and helped lead the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak.

This falls within Open Philanthropy's focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

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