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Achieving the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s ambitious targets to reduce maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality by more than half requires substantial investments at the woreda (district) level. The ministry’s challenges include insufficient government…

Food prices were rising in West Africa, particularly for imported food. In-country and international shipping costs also were climbing.  Could promoting food trade increase farm families’ incomes, helping ensure food security by increasing families’…

Good governance is critical to Mexico’s long-term competitiveness. Improved competitiveness, in turn, is the key to rational and efficient use of the country’s natural-resource base. This is particularly important for rural producers who live in…

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…

MCHB is in a critical moment of growth and change. The Bureau has received numerous Congressional appropriations  and developed new programs in the last several years to meet the health needs of women, children, and families. The result is a rapid…

An alarmingly high prevalence of HIV in certain populations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is limiting the nation’s ability to advance its economy and achieve lasting prosperity. The country also is dealing with an emergency situation with the rise of multi…

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer (MHCS) reports have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of care for patients. 

The demand for healthcare services in the United States is outpacing the number of care providers, and projections show that trend continuing into the future, exacerbating an already overstretched healthcare system. 

The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is required by Congress to develop and deploy a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for its Runaway & Homeless Youth Program (RHY). The agency wants to ensure it collects high data quality—and…

Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…