The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Abt Associates a global five-year, $809 million contract to prevent malaria through proven vector-control interventions. Despite significant progress since 2000, malaria remains the leading cause of death among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa, and nearly half the world’s population is at risk of its transmission.
Almost 600,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the U.S. in point-in-time data taken one night in 2022. Presented in HUD’s Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, these data show that while pandemic-related resources stemmed the inflow into homelessness, it also made it harder for some to leave homelessness.
A new project is underway to electrify health facilities across Africa with clean, dependable power and internet access. One of USAID’s largest-ever Global Development Alliances, HETA’s mission is to catalyze partnerships for reliable, renewable energy and internet connections that support equitable healthcare access across sub-Saharan Africa.
It’s a win-win for apprentices and their employers according to a recently completed study of the U.S. Department of Labor’s American Apprenticeship Initiative. Apprentices’ wages increased, and employers experienced a positive return on their investment, while the program promoted equity by reaching new populations and occupations with apprenticeships.
Allan Porowski, Principal Associate, Social & Economic Policy Betsy Ness-Edelstein, Senior Manager Rucha Londhe, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Social and Economic Policy and Co-director, Equity Center
Essential and frontline workers with COVID-19 had reduced severity of symptoms if they had received two or three mRNA vaccine doses, according to this study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study also confirmed substantial differences between the Delta and Omicron variants, particularly in the proportion of asymptomatic cases.
Methane emissions are a powerful short lived climate pollutant with a global warming potential around 80 times that of carbon dioxide. Cutting methane emissions today is the fastest, most effective way to slow climate change, buying us time for long term action. Learn more about the societal benefits of methane mitigation solutions available now.
