The Hawaiʻi COVID Collaborative launched COVID Pau, a statewide multi-channel communications initiative designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi. Funded up to $1M in cash and in-kind contributions by a hui of private businesses and nonprofit organizations, COVID Pau provides a reliable, actionable data dashboard, expert analysis of data trends, first-person stories to depict the concrete impacts of the disease and resources for residents navigating the health, social and economic challenges of the pandemic.
Led by project director Naʻalehu Anthony, COVID Pau is powered by data-gathering operational support, health, policy and economic analysts, storytellers and communications strategists to ensure accurate, timely and actionable information reaches Hawai‘i residents reliably.
COVID Pau offers:
• A curated data dashboard, built by the Hawai‘i Data Collaborative, showing six metrics that give us the most useful picture of the pandemic’s impact on our public health, infrastructure and economic recovery.
• Expert analysis of the data trends, translating numbers into contextualized information.
• Personal stories of COVID-19 experiences, making the realities of the disease relatable to everyday residents.
• A resource directory, designed for ease of use by people who need to make hard choices because of COVID-19.
Users can visit www.covidpau.org to view daily data updates and weekly video content with expert analysis of trends and new first-person accounts of what it’s like to deal with the disease. COVID Pau invites users to sign up to receive a weekly email update from the initiative and to share their own stories of experience with COVID-19. The initiative encourages collaborators across the islands to take part in making clear, reliable information widely accessible to all the people of Hawai‘i.
