CDC awarded an Abt-led team a two-year, $28.8M contract to conduct studies of five cohorts: healthcare personnel and first responders, pregnant women and infants, middle-aged and older adults, older adults in continuing care retirement communities, and households.
The Abt-led, USAID Health System Strengthening Plus project is providing technical assistance to support Senegal’s Ministry of Health in using its geographic information system to rapidly respond to COVID-19. The tool strengthens epidemiological surveillance, making it easier for stakeholders to know where and how to act.
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Missed any of Abt’s great webinars? Catch up today on our Events page, where we’ve uploaded all webinar video recordings and presentations. From transforming child welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic to using digital communication strategies during social distancing, experts from Abt and organizations representing various sectors have gathered to address some of today’s toughest challenges. Click here to learn more!
COVID-19 and the Future of Telehealth
As COVID-19 overburdens hospitals and healthcare workers, health services researcher and clinician Nicole Keane and digital expert Gabriel Krieshok discuss how telehealth can help get us through this crisis and beyond.
Natural resource managers and restoration practitioners in the northern Gulf of Mexico region lack a key tool to assist in their efforts to design, implement, and monitor effective coastal restoration and protection efforts. To help, Abt assisted in creating a guidebook that includes analytical methods and results focused on understanding nekton use in northern Gulf of Mexico estuarine habitats.
How can telehealth can increase access to quality health care for Medicaid beneficiaries? While some regulations have been eased to help facilitate the adoption of telehealth technology, barriers remain. This brief offers recommendations agencies and state Medicaid offices can consider to improve care.
A new article highlights data from indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative from 1997 to 2017. The analysis illustrates the role of data in helping to guide future malaria control efforts, gaps between policy and trade, and more.
Understanding how low-wage workers progress in their careers, and the occupational transitions they make along the way, can help workforce programs improve outcomes for low-wage workers. Abt’s Tresa Kappil provides details on these potential outcomes and other research findings.
As the coronavirus pandemic has swept the globe, isolation and community lock downs have created additional gender-specific challenges – particularly a heightened risk of domestic violence. Abt Australia’s Leisa Gibson dives into this issue and offers three key recommendations for support.
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