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Pandemic Preparedness Hinges on Quickly Sharing Accurate Data

Pandemic Preparedness Hinges on Quickly Sharing Accurate Data

Blog
Abt adapted annual nationwide flu surveys to respond to the novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and gather information on COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine hesitancy.
Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

Project
Abt Global’s staff has developed and implemented spatially specific modeling approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify, and often estimate the cost of, the impacts of climate change on a number of sectors and dynamics in…
PROMIS Global Health: Feasibility in Home Health

PROMIS Global Health: Feasibility in Home Health

Publication
A study from Abt and CMS finds NIH’s PROMIS® Global Health survey effectively captures home health patients’ self-reporting regarding perceived overall health.
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Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality

Project
To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
Abt-led Namibia Project Exceeds Goal for Male Circumcisions

Abt-led Namibia Project Exceeds Goal for Male Circumcisions

Project
VMMC is an integral component of the Government of the Republic of Namibia’s prevention approach to ending HIV and AIDS. Despite significant effort, VMMC coverage remains low. The population-based self-reported circumcision rate is 36.4 percent among…
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Deepwater Horizon Spill Assessment and Restoration Plan

Project
In 2010, an explosion on a Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. It required a massive response to minimize damage and protect the environment, with involvement by many federal and…
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Supporting Green Prosperity in Indonesia

Project
Indonesia needed to adopt environmentally sustainable, low-carbon economic growth for its 250 million people. Among other things, it needed better land-use planning. As part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Green Prosperity (GP) Project, the…
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Supporting the Development of the National Emissions Inventory

Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emission Inventory and Analysis Group (EIAG) produces the National Emission Inventory (NEI), a comprehensive estimate of air pollutant emissions. States need these data to evaluate emissions trends and to…
Strengthening Health Systems by Integrating Financing Programs

Strengthening Health Systems by Integrating Financing Programs

Impact Brief
Health systems strengthening efforts increasingly focus on integrating fragmented initiatives financed by donors into country-led and financed programs.