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Past Is Prologue: A Case Study Exploration of the Role of Climate Indicators in Adaptation in the United States
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This journal article finds that pairing climate indicators and projections is more productive for adaptation decision making than climate projections alone.
PREA Audit System Provides Tool for Auditors to Conduct Sexual Safety Audits
Project
The Department of Justice's PREA standards outline requirements for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. Each year, hundreds of confinement facilities must be audited for compliance with…
Clearinghouse Synthesizes Evidence on Labor Policies, Programs
Project
The DOL-funded Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research (CLEAR) has several goals. It makes research on labor topics more accessible to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the public. It also provides information to inform decisions…
Enterprise Data Analytics Management and Maturing Execution
Project
As the single largest payer for health care in the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collects massive amounts of data. CMS has over 6,000 employees nationwide responsible for programs that provide insurance coverage to…
From Policy to Practice: Responses to Homeless Encampments in Los Angeles
Publication
This study on homeless encampments in Los Angeles identifies the challenges, the responses, and the policies at the county and city levels.
Private Sector Project for Women's Health - Jordan
Project
The Jordan Private Sector Project for Women's Health is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development with the mandate to help the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan improve the health of Jordanian women and families by increasing…
Solar Power for Cooling Systems and Data Collection
Impact Brief
In Madagascar and Tanzania, Abt used solar power during IRS campaigns to cool insecticide storerooms and charge mobile devices for data collection.
Funding Model Helps Bangladesh Expand Primary Health Care
Impact Brief
Some municipalities fund primary health care services in urban areas of Bangladesh.
Flu. Coronavirus. Data. Could Analytics Change the Trajectory of a Pandemic?
Podcast
Be it outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic—human or zoonotic—the goal is to get reliable information on infectious diseases, quickly. Abt experts Laura Edwards and Sung-Woo Cho discuss strategies for harnessing machine learning and data visualization to provide actionable information—at scale—that can help stem a health crisis.
Educating Health Care Providers About MIS-C
Project
The Abt team supported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its effort to assess and address the educational needs of HCPs treating pediatric patients with suspected and confirmed cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children …