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Abt Refines Approach to Participatory Mapping for Land Governance in Indonesia
Project
With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia has always struggled to map its plentiful resources and boundaries. Few of the country’s 65,000 villages have legally demarcated boundaries. That hampers the flow of investment and public funding to rural areas…
With Data, Nurses Guide Communities to Slash Malaria Cases
Impact Brief
In the DRC, Abt trained frontline health workers to collect, analyze, and share malaria data with community members to bring local voices into problem-solving.
Amplifying EPA’s Heat Island Reduction Program
Project
Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…
Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees
Project
Extreme weather events and natural disasters are impacting communities across the United States, and Americans are already feeling its effects. While environmental hazards have devastating effects on all communities, low- and moderate-income communities, including…
Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership & Multi-Sectoral Collaboration in Pandemic Preparedness & Response
Publication
Reimagining the Emergency Medical System in the Wake of COVID: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Biddinger
Blog
We sat down with Dr. Paul Biddinger of MGH to discuss how emergency services changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned for EMS and ED providers.
ACO Investment Model Produced Savings, But The Majority Of Participants Exited When Faced With Downside Risk
Publication
Abt’s evaluation of Medicare’s AIM found $381.5 million in savings, and raised questions about how those savings—and risks—are shared.
Making the Most of a Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG)
Project
In late 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) was awarded a federal Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) to expand high-quality early childhood education to more than 800 4-year-old children per year in five underserved…
Community Influencers Help Improve Tuberculosis Screening
Impact Brief
Influencers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are helping increase detection and treatment of tuberculosis.