A global software firm headquartered in Nottingham has partnered with the World Health Organisation to support its work throughout the coronavirus crisis.
Ideagen, which provides information management software for the governance, risk and compliance market, is providing technology to support’s the WHO’s collaboration and policy making work with member states and other interested bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic.
An example of how the firm’s technology is coming to the fore came last week when the 73rd annual World Health Assembly took place.
In normal times there would be more than 60 items on the agenda for discussion, but this year there were only two, with the main one being coronavirus and the global response to it.
The assembly was due be attended by delegations from the 194 member states of the WHO, as well as other organisations and interested parties.
Normally, this meeting would involve face-to-face gatherings and discussions in the Palais de Nation in Geneva, but social distancing measures meant that was impossible this year.
Instead, Ideagen’s document collaboration and governance software, PleaseReview, provided a solution.
The software allows for the real-time collaboration on documents, offers a secure means of capturing comments and provides a full audit trail of responses, changes and agreements.
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Ben Dorks, chief executive at Ideagen, said: “We are delighted to support the WHO in their life-saving work, especially at such a crucial period.
“Everyone at Ideagen has enormous respect for the work being done by the WHO, both in the fight against coronavirus and in their ongoing efforts to tackle other global health issues.
“The scale of the challenge facing them is enormous and we are extremely proud that we can offer them the use of PleaseReview, a product that will make that challenge a little easier to handle.”