Proper handwashing is a powerful way to reduce COVID-19 transmission. After COVID-19 spread to Bangladesh, the USAID-funded, Abt-ledFeed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity installed 55 temporary handwashing stations—maintained by local committees—in markets throughout target regions. Learn more about our takeaways from implementation.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Abt is laying groundwork for local governments to prioritize decision-making and spending on health services. In the mining-rich Lualaba province, the Abt-led USAID Integrated Health Program facilitated domestic resource mobilization of more than $1 million for community health.
As COVID-19 cases spike and the U.S. and other countries also deal with flu season, Danielle Hunt and James White take a look around the globe to see how we're preparing. Learn about the groundwork we've laid for an evolving pandemic response and what it means for the future in the latest episode of The Intersect podcast.
In March 2020, the government of Senegal declared a state of emergency following the global outbreak of COVID-19. Understanding how integral the private sector would be to an effective response, the USAID-funded, Abt-led SHOPS Plus project mobilized new and existing resources, communication channels, and relationships with private providers.
Abt evaluated five agronomy grants designed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Agricultural Development team. The evaluation analyzed the work of the soil management and crop production grantees, determined common successes and challenges, and compared approaches across investments.
For too long, development practitioners have largely neglected gender in their efforts to understand power relations. Gender and development scholars and feminist economists have stressed that the meaning of gender matters for institutional and economic processes, and that changes are needed for more inclusivity. Dr.Priya Chattier and Leisa Gibson dive deeper into why gender matters when looking at economic, political, and social systems.
Testing for COVID-19 is the first step in identifying and treating patients. Learn how 24 government laboratory specialists in Tajikistan trained to use polymerase chain reaction technology to diagnose COVID-19 with support from the Abt-led USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project.
Research shows that women in India benefit from extra support and guidance to better understand the side effects sometimes associated with a new injectable method of contraception. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded, Abt-led Support for National Injectables Roll-out Careline Expansion Project provides tele-counseling for women to discuss their side effects with trained counselors, which has led to an increase in continuation rates.
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