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Spotlight On: Disability Policy & Research

Spotlight On: Disability Policy & Research

Spotlight On
Abt helps clients improve their policies and programs with objective research and implementation support in the areas of employment, income supports, education, housing and health.
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The Next Phase of Financing for Resilience

Event
In our webinar, explore innovative financial strategies to enhance climate resilience and scale finance for sustainable development in emerging markets.
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Factors Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Nepal: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Population-Based Study

Publication
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a serious and growing health issue in Nepal, but targeting risk factors can reduce the disease burden.
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EPA’s Safer Choice Program

Project
In a recent rebrand of their product labeling program, EPA unveiled the new name and logo for the Safer Choice Program. The Safer Choice Program helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and are safer for human health and the…
Influencing Framework for UK Development in Nepal

Influencing Framework for UK Development in Nepal

Project
Under the new Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the UK government sought to maximise the benefits of an approach that integrates diplomacy and development. These benefits included generating new evidence through research and evaluation…
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Assessing the Family and Medical Leave Act

Project
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible U.S. employees of covered employers job-protected unpaid leave to attend to their or their family’s eligible medical issues. Employees may have access to pay while on leave through other means…
Gympie Nurse Practitioner Program Evaluation

Gympie Nurse Practitioner Program Evaluation

Project
A high number of non-urgent cases that could be addressed by general practice (GP) doctors are presenting unnecessarily at hospital emergency departments (EDs); these are potentially avoidable. Strategies that can save ED health professionals’ time also…
Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America

Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America

Publication
This report from Abt’s Jeffrey Lubell and others shows what U.S. localities can do to mitigate the rising cost of rental housing.
Providing Technical Assistance through the NHSC Pipeline Readiness Initiative

Providing Technical Assistance through the NHSC Pipeline Readiness Initiative

Project
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.