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Uzbekistan’s Launches New TB Funding Mechanism

Uzbekistan Launches New TB Funding Mechanism

Impact Brief
Uzbekistan is moving from paying TB hospitals based on occupied beds to compensation based on the number of patients treated.
Local Health Leaders Empowered with USAID Support

Local Health Leaders Empowered with USAID Support

Impact Brief
The Abt-led, USAID-funded Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Activity’s technical assistance helps a Tajikistan lifestyle center improve community health behavior.
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Setting a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water

Project
Abt Global provided technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water to support the development of a draft report outlining potential approaches to inform a health-based benchmark for lead…
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Closing the Gap: Surveying LA Renters to Improve Housing Access

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Abt helped HACLA collect and analyze current Los Angeles rental data, showing rents were about 12% higher than federal estimates and providing evidence to support voucher subsidy levels that better reflect local housing costs and improve access to stable housing.
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Developing the SafeWater CBX Benefit-Cost Model

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More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm. To weigh regulatory options, the Environmental Protection…
Modeling Biota Losses from Cooling Water Intake Structures

Modeling Biota Losses from Cooling Water Intake Structures

Project
Power plants’ cooling systems often are located along coastal waterways and use large amounts of water from oceans, bays and estuaries. As millions of tiny aquatic organisms in the water such as fish eggs and larvae pass through the power plant, the heat…
Modernizing NIH’s Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD)

Modernizing NIH’s Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD)

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The majority of American adults take dietary supplements, and the market for these products continues to grow. In the U.S., dietary supplements are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as food, not as drugs, and do not require approval or…
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Maternal Health in Rural America: Innovative Solutions

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States and communities are developing and implementing innovative approaches to reduce the alarmingly high rate of preventable maternal deaths in the rural U.S.