Stop the Spread has fulfilled its charter as of December 2021. This website has been frozen but will remain available through 2022.

A suite of information and related organizations

Stop the Spread offers a repository of free, downloadable information related to our critical need areas.

A suite

of information and related organizations

Stop the Spread offers a repository of free, downloadable information related to our critical need areas. If Stop the Spread is not perfectly suited to your needs and capabilities, there are many other organizations available to support your efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Lessons for Health Equity

STS Resources

Breaking Down Barriers to Health and Social Service Delivery: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fixing Health Equity's Last Mile Problem: Novel Solutions from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Misinformation is Worsening America's Health Equity Crisis: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Better Future for our Children: Five Lessons to Advance Health Equity Coming Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic

STS Resources - Spanish Versions

Derribar las barreras de la prestación de servicios sociales y de salud: lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19

La desinformación está empeorando la crisis de equidad en la salud de Estados Unidos: lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19

Solucionar el problema de última milla de la equidad en la salud: soluciones novedosas de la pandemia de COVID-19

Un futuro mejor para nuestros niños: cinco lecciones para promover la equidad en la salud después de la pandemia de COVID-19

Vaccinations

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

ImpactAlpha (April 2021)

Vaccine Development Is Only Half The Hurdle

A webinar with Pledge 1% (December 2020)

The Race to Vaccinate Americans: Trading Off Speed for Equity

A webinar with Pledge 1% (February 2021)

STS Resources

Playbook for Community-based Vaccinations

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

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

ImpactAlpha (April 2021)

Vaccine Development Is Only Half The Hurdle

A webinar with Pledge 1% (December 2020)

The Race to Vaccinate Americans: Trading Off Speed for Equity

A webinar with Pledge 1% (February 2021)

A Hyperlocal Model for Vaccinations: Addressing Inequity

How do we address inequity in access to vaccinations?

External Resources

Vaccine Equity Cooperative

Up-to-date, tailored, and sharable tools to communicate about the COVID-19 vaccine in your community

Promising Practices to Reach the Unreached

15 Practices to Improve Vaccination Program Effectiveness by Reaching the People Most at Risk

FEMA Community Vaccination Centers Playbook

Guidance for providing federal support to existing and new Community Vaccination Centers

Fight Misinformation with Stronger

Tools for detecting and addressing vaccine misinformation

COVID Act Now

U.S. COVID Risk & Vaccine Tracker available both on their website and through an API

Surgo Ventures The COVID-19 Crisis

Leveraging data to tackle the greatest health crisis in a generation

Sostento's Covid Enders Vaccination Toolkit

Vaccine Toolkit for free and charitable clinics to assist with communications and coordination

Greater Than COVID

A public information response from Kaiser Family Foundation to help individuals take charge of their health

Virality Project

Weekly briefings summarize key narratives of online anti-vaccine misinformation

Vaccine Misinformation Field Guide to Vaccine

Guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization

Black Coalition Against COVID-19 Racial Equity Guidebook

April 2021

Supporting an Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

Key themes, strategies, and challenges across state and territorial plans (December 2020)

Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus

A framework provided by National Academies

How to Safely, Fairly and Fully Reopen the US Economy

Bindle Coalition's proposal for an open-source coalition

Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities

Findings on vaccine hesitancy and resistance (Fall 2020)

American's Views on a COVID-19 Vaccine

Results from a nationwide survey (September 2020)

Ariadne Vaccine Allocation planner

Interactive tool to visualize vaccine allocation

Testing

STS Resources

A Testing Model to Control the Surge

How can a "Surveil, Screen, Diagnose, Support" testing model help control COVID-19?

Deploying Rapid Antigen Tests

How can rapid antigen tests be deployed appropriately to expand our testing capabilities?

How to Pay for COVID Testing

Insight into the high cost of testing and potential public & private sector solutions

Wastewater Surveillance

How can wastewater surveillance technology be deployed to detect cases of COVID quickly, affordably, and anonymously?

A Call for Community-Based Testing

How do we increase access to testing in underserved communities?

Future State of Testing

What should the future of testing look like?

Preparing for a "Return to Work"

How should employers prepare for the "Return to Work"?

Testing & Reopening Our Economy

How testing strategies support the reopening of our economy

Testing Prioritization

How should testing resources be allocated to best target priority groups?

Contact Tracing

Existing models and best practices for contract tracing (April 2020)

Full Factbase

Overview of information related to COVID-19 Testing (September 2020)

External Resources

COVID-19 Testing Impact Calculator

A modeling tool that visually shows how different mitigation strategies can minimize the spread of COVID-19

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Molecular testing capacity of large labs

Daily molecular tests performed by American Clinical Laboratory Assoc. members

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John Hopkins Global COVID-19 Cases Dashboard

Up-to-date U.S. and Global COVID-19 cases

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COVID Tracking Project: US Testing Volumes

Up-to-date current testing levels in the U.S.

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FDA Emergency Use Authorizations

EUA approvals across Medical Devices (Testing, Ventilator, and PPE)

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Hyperlocal Support

STS Resources

How Hyperlocal Strategies Can Address the COVID Needs of Underserved Communities

A video conversation at SOCAP Virtual (October 2020)

How to Pay for COVID Testing

Insight into the high cost of testing and potential public & private sector solutions

Racial Injustice in COVID Health Outcomes

Overview of the unequal health and economic outcomes experienced by different racial groups during the pandemic

Addressing COVID in Underserved Communities: A Hyperlocal Response

How can a hyperlocal approach to COVID strengthen communities

Deploying a Hyperlocal Response to COVID-19

Toolkit of hyperlocal solutions

External Resources

COVID-19 Testing Impact Calculator

A modeling tool that visually shows how different mitigation strategies can minimize the spread of COVID-19

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Molecular testing capacity of large labs

Daily molecular tests performed by American Clinical Laboratory Assoc. members

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John Hopkins Global COVID-19 Cases Dashboard

Up-to-date U.S. and Global COVID-19 cases

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View

COVID Tracking Project: US Testing Volumes

Up-to-date current testing levels in the U.S.

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FDA Emergency Use Authorizations

EUA approvals across Medical Devices (Testing, Ventilator, and PPE)

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Health Services

STS Resources

Addressing COVID In Underserved Communities: A Hyperlocal Response

How can a hyperlocal approach to COVID strengthen communities' ability to stay safe?

Racial Injustice in COVID Health Outcomes

Overview of the unequal health and economic outcomes experienced by different racial groups during the pandemic

The Impact of COVID on Food Security

COVID has led to a devastating increase in rates of food insecurity — this paper analyzes contributing factors & innovative approaches to solutions

Health monitoring platforms

How can health monitoring platforms help individuals stay safe as schools and businesses begin to reopen?

External Resources

Personal Protective Equipment

STS Resources

Group Purchasing Organizations

How have group purchasing organization models supported small businesses and nonprofits during COVID?

Guide to Purchasing Non-Medical Masks

What makes for an effective non-medical mask?

PPE Success Framework

How will we know when the PPE crisis has passed?

New suppliers, new buyers

PPE will be a critical component of any return to work plan, but where will your business acquire it?

Full Factbase

Overview of information related to PPE manufacturing (April 2020)

External Resources

FDA Enforcement Policy - Other PPE

Enforcement Policy for Gowns, Other Apparel, and Gloves During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency

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FDA Enforcement Policy - Face Masks and Respirators

Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency

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FDA PPE Requirements

FDA Requirements to Manufacture Face Masks, Face Shields, and Gowns for Medical Use

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Therapeutics

STS Resources

Therapeutics Factbase

Overview of information related to Therapeutics (September 2020)

External Resources

Ventilators

STS Resources

Honda - Dynaflo Key Learnings

Lessons from partnership between Honda and Dynaflo to prevent shortage of compressors (April 2020)

Full Factbase

Overview of information related to Ventilator manufacturing (April 2020)

External Resources

HHS Announces Ventilator Contract with GM

HHS Press Release - April 8, 2020

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HHS Announces Ventilator Contract with GE

HHS Press Release - April 16, 2020

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IHME Estimates for Ventilator Demand

Data estimates for potential ventilator demand from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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