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Spotlight On: Climate Finance
Spotlight On
Abt Global can help public-and private-sector actors take decisive action to finance climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
A New Handbook to Support Health IT for Quality Improvement
Publication
Abt helped the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) develop a handbook to support coaches using Health IT for quality improvement in primary care.
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.
Providing the First Forecast for Space Weather Effects and Impacts
Project
“Space weather” isn’t the next blockbuster movie franchise; it refers to conditions created by the sun, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere near Earth’s space environment that impact our planet. The effects of space weather can…
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…
Connecting Care for Children and Families: Testing New Approaches to Improve Outcomes and Manage Costs
Impact Brief
Abt is evaluating if new approaches to CMS’s Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model can improve outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled children while controlling costs.
Sources for Sick Child Care in 24 USAID Priority Countries
Publication
The Vulnerabilities of Water Systems to Climate Change in the Philippines
Project
USAID released its climate-resilient development (CRD) framework in March 2014 to ensure consideration of climate issues in development decision-making. The goals included reducing climate vulnerabilities and improving development outcomes. The framework…
Building a 21st Century Road Map to Child Welfare Transformation – Knowledge Scan Results
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This report is the first in a series funded by Casey Family Programs that provides a roadmap for a child and family well-being system focused on children from prenatal to age 3.
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…