SHIELD
Strengthening Health systems through Innovation, Engagement, and Leadership in Disasters
About SHIELD
OPPORTUNITY
Preparedness and response are at a crossroads. While government and academic partners face big challenges right now, these moments also open the door to reimagining what’s possible. When the time comes to rebuild preparedness and response, we want to be ready—not just with ideas, but with real plans, policies, and tools that can be put into action.
SOLUTION
SHIELD brings together multidisciplinary experts and practitioners across the field to build a vision for a modern and innovative preparedness and response system. Harnessing the full potential of public health, healthcare, the private sector, and communities, we’ll chart a resilient future ready for the challenges ahead.
APPROACH
We're moving forward with three major lines of effort:
- Create a go-to hub: A new, easy-access repository for the best ideas, practices, and problem-solving tools so practitioners, experts, and researchers can share, quickly learn, and implement best practices.
- Think bigger, together: Convene voices to envision the next generation of preparedness and response systems and translate that vision into actionable policies and modern practices.
- Innovate for impact: Generate new research, tools, and ways of operating that could supercharge and transform the public health preparedness field.
OUTPUTS
The work of SHIELD will be modern, tailored to current social and economic realities, and leveraged on new available technologies, so they will be fresh, efficient, effective.
OUTCOME
Together, we’ll deliver a practical blueprint, materials, and tools that equip policymakers and practitioners to revitalize US preparedness and response into something stronger, smarter, and built to last.