In Mozambique approximately 12 percent of the adult population is living with HIV, and though the country has made strides in testing and providing treatment, a high proportion of people living with HIV are not on treatment. In its first year, the Abt-led, USAID-funded Efficiencies for Clinical HIV/AIDS Outcomes project has made great progress in ensuring HIV-positive individuals both receive, and continue, treatment.
One in every four—or nearly 25 million—Medicare beneficiaries has diabetes, and 3.3 million of them are dependent on insulin to help maintain and regulate blood sugar. Nathan D. West and Katherine Harris detail how private- and public- sector payers are exploring ways to improve access and limit the rising cost of insulin.
Farida Sharipova, a medical laboratory specialist in Khujand, Tajikistan, knew that COVID-19 cases were climbing in April 2020, and that testing is the first step in identifying and treating patients. Farida is one of 24 government laboratory specialists who, thanks to support from the Abt-led USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project, recently learned how to use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to diagnose COVID-19.
When natural resources are harmed by contamination, the public is entitled to restoration. Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) is the process for quantifying the harm and determining how much restoration is needed to make the public whole. Abt is a leader and innovator in the field, assisting federal, state, and tribal natural resource agencies with scientific, economic, legal, and strategic support on more than 150 NRDA cases around the country.
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.
Abt developed two guides for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau covering the design and evaluation of Children’s Savings Account (CSA) programs, which provide a promising way to help economically vulnerable households pay for college. Read more about the designs, evaluation principles, and common metrics for CSA programs.
Understanding where parents take sick children for care is key to improving equitable, high-quality treatment and catalyzing reductions in child morbidity and mortality. This article details the most recent Demographic and Health Survey data in 24 of USAID’s maternal and child health priority countries, examining levels and sources of care for children sick with acute respiratory infection symptoms, diarrhea, and/or fever.
As we pursue a vision of an integrated system that promotes child and family well-being, it’s essential that we implement cross-sectoral initiatives focused on social determinants of health. Drawing on the experience of families, leading practitioners, and researchers, this first webinar of the Moving Upstream: Transforming Systems to Advance Well-Being series will explore how housing and economic mobility programs can coordinate to help families thrive.
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