Herald Proximity Project Wins OpenUK Award for Software
We’re delighted to announce that The Herald Proximity project, originally a VMware open source project and now part of Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH), has been awarded a 2021 OpenUK Award in…
I’m honored to have the chance to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Linux Foundation Public Health. There is much to do. My passion for public health originated in my…
ICAO VDS – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
The ICAO VDS is a specification created, owned and governed by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), the UN funded organization that develops standards for air transport and governs the e-passport system participated…
SMART Health Cards – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
For an introduction to our Global COVID Certificate Series and links to the other options covered in this series, please see this post. SMART Health Cards (SHC) originates from the SMART Health IT…
DIVOC – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
For an introduction to our Global COVID Certificate Series and links to the other options covered in this series, please see this post. The Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing (DIVOC) is an…
EU Digital COVID Certificate – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
For an introduction to our Global COVID Certificate Series, please see this introductory post. The EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC), originally called the Digital Green Certificate, was created by the European…
Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
It has been over a year since the hard-hit travel industry started using COVID certificate systems to resume limited business activity. More industries are voluntarily or involuntarily joining along as the global…
Welcoming Jim St. Clair, Executive Director
It is with great pleasure that I am happy to announce that Jim St. Clair will be joining LFPH as our new Executive Director. While I have been honored to head the…
Member Profile Series: Ratio PBC gains new perspectives through LFPH community
Announcing Our Member Profile Series Open source has become the de facto way to build common infrastructure across industries. It started in enterprise tech but today has made its way across energy,…
By Eric Guroff (Ratio PBC) and Swati Shah Patel (Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies) Context Setting As the COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States in Spring 2020,…