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5 Ways Better Governance Can Help Fix the Nature Crisis
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We consistently undervalue nature and its benefits; here are five ways we can address underlying governance issues to help ensure nature is better protected.
Chronic & Non-Communicable Diseases
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Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic, non-communicable diseases represent 80% of premature deaths worldwide and place substantial economic burdens on our societies. Abt Global supports early detection, prevention, and treatment of these widespread conditions, to mitigating their impact on quality of life and healthcare expenses. We collaborate with clients like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to inform policy and program decisions through rigorous studies and evaluations. Our mixed methods approach for data collection and strategic communications expertise inform decisions to make healthcare systems more efficient and resilient.
Infectious & Vector-Borne Diseases
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Understanding the intricate dynamics of pathogens and vectors is crucial to furthering effective disease research. Infectious and vector-borne diseases like COVID-19, influenza, malaria, dengue, tuberculosis, and HIV present daily challenges to health systems and community resilience around the world. Abt Global counters these threats to our shared global health security through evidence-based prevention and containment, groundbreaking disease detection and surveillance, and total health-system surge and recovery response stewarded by local government and community leaders. Through a One Health approach, we aim to help our partners build resilient, secure, and sustainable health systems that will allow their communities to thrive for generations.
Factors Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Nepal: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Population-Based Study
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a serious and growing health issue in Nepal, but targeting risk factors can reduce the disease burden.
What should solving S.F.'s unsheltered homelessness cost?
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As San Francisco debates how to best shelter people experiencing homelessness—with an emphasis on the cost to implement proposed solutions—the SF Examiner reached out to Abt for some insight.
Spotlight On: Machine Learning
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Abt uses machine learning to do things that until recently would have been impossible, such as categorizing a vast amount of unstructured text into main themes or counting mosquito eggs from a smartphone picture using image recognition.
Evaluation of MCCM Suggests Promise for Medicare Beneficiaries with Terminal Illness and Cost Savings for Medicare
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Typically, terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries must choose between enrolling in hospice or continuing to receive curative treatment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) gives beneficiaries the choice…
Expanding Evidence on Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families
Project
The child welfare system has seen recent increases in removals of children from homes where parental substance use disorder (SUD) is a contributing factor, due in part to the depth of the opioid crisis. Some parents with SUD have limited access to…
AI Enabled Code Conversion for Legacy System Modernization
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Abt uses AI-enabled code conversion to help federal agencies modernize legacy systems securely, efficiently, and at scale.