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Tracking COVID-19 in High-Risk Workers
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From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed timely information on COVID-19 illness characterization and vaccine effectiveness in this highly exposed cohort. CDC also needed data on rates of symptomatic and asymptomatic infection and re-infection…
Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants
Project
Pregnant women may be more vulnerable than the general population to respiratory infections and severe respiratory complications from COVID-19, and CDC needs more research on their potential effects on birth outcomes to continue to guide the public. In…
Portrait of WIC Participants and Programs: Capturing Data through the Abt-Designed Automated Reporting System
Project
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health-care referrals, and nutrition education. The beneficiaries: nearly 8 million low-income pregnant,…
Communications Strategy for Updating of Pandemic Flu Mitigation Guidelines
Project
An influenza pandemic is a major public health threat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) needed a communications strategy to notify communities of the latest scientific findings on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the wake of…
Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and the Related Costs
Project
Homeless encampments have not been as visible on the American landscape since the Great Depression. Today’s encampments appear to reflect a complex set of factors, including increasing numbers of people living in deep poverty, underinvestment in new…
Support to the National Malaria Programme in Nigeria Phase 2 (SuNMaP2)
Project
Efficient resource mobilisation, allocation and utilisation are important to improve the health outcomes of a population and achieve universal health coverage. Currently, there is limited capacity in Nigeria to determine whether the health system uses…
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project
Project
The Ethiopian private health sector is growing in size and scope. Over one-third of Ethiopian health expenditures go to private providers but the quality and availability of private providers’ priority health services is uneven. The government’s plans…
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs via Community Resources: Lessons from the Accountable Health Communities Model
Publication
This Health Affairs article explains how CMS’s Accountable Health Communities links people to social services & needs resources, & how more research could help.
MyGoals for Employment Success: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
Publication
A joint Mathematica-Abt Global report on the MyGoals coaching demonstration describes its implementation and coaches’ and participants’ perceptions.