The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus the importance of pandemic preparedness and response. It is testing the strength of societies and health systems around the world and is currently among the highest priorities for U.S. and global public health and safety.
FHI 360 addresses emerging pandemics and epidemics with expertise that supports health security efforts in the United States and globally, improving epidemic detection and response. We incorporate technological innovations and use cutting-edge behavioral, sociomedical, epidemiological, laboratory and clinical research sciences to understand, prevent and contain these emerging threats.
FHI 360 has worked on outbreak preparedness and response for several pandemic threats, including new influenza strains like avian flu and H1N1, COVID-19, Dengue fever, Ebola and Zika.
Our cross-cutting capabilities to control pandemic threats include:
- Crisis Response
- Clinical trials design and research management
- Food security and emergency nutrition
- Health surveillance
- Health systems strengthening
- Infectious and tropical diseases
- Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Security (EIDHS)
- Mobile technology solutions
- Social and behavior change communication and social marketing and communications
- Water, sanitation and hygiene
Stories and Highlights
A secondary impact of COVID-19: FHI 360 supports students through pandemic (May 11, 2020)
FHI Clinical provides contract research organization capabilities for COVID-19 clinical trial (May 5, 2020)
COVID-19: We are all in this together (April 9, 2020)
As offices shut, aid leaders work to minimize project disruption (Devex, April 2, 2020)
How COVID-19 could complicate treatment for HIV patients (Devex, April 2, 2020)
FHI 360 delivers uninterrupted tuberculosis care during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 26, 2020)
A message about COVID-19 from Patrick Fine, CEO (March 25, 2020)
Using Lessons Learned from Ebola, Experts Are Preparing for a Coronavirus Outbreak in Africa (Mother Jones, March 12, 2020)
Opinion: As the world battles coronavirus, never let a crisis go to waste (by Otto Chabikuli and Timothy Mastro, Devex, February 27, 2020)
Safe and dignified burials reduce the spread of Ebola in the DRC (August 16, 2019)
Three lessons learned from FHI 360's Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (August 3, 2018)
FHI 360 combats Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June 15, 2018)
Are we ready for the next pandemic? A clinical trial for a Zika virus vaccine improves the odds (December 15, 2017)
Integrated responses are key to combating Zika (March 24, 2016)
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