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Educating Health Care Providers About MIS-C
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The Abt team supported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its effort to assess and address the educational needs of HCPs treating pediatric patients with suspected and confirmed cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children …
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project
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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…
Market-Based Solutions to Improve Nutrition in Tanzania
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In Tanzania, children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition: 42 percent of the country’s children under age five suffer from stunting, anemia, and other micronutrient deficiencies. Tuboreshe Chakula (Swahili for Let’s Improve Food) was a USAID-funded…
National Flood Risk Characterization Tool
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Extreme weather volatility has increased the need for more effective and cost-efficient risk assessment tools. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked with Abt to address this challenge...
Setting a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water
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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…
The Partnership for Transforming Health Systems 2 (PATHS2)
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Nigeria’s health system was a dysfunctional nightmare. Planning, financing, and delivery of basic health services for the poor all were unreliable. Maternal mortality and child morbidity were at unacceptable levels.
Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe
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Malaria is the third most common cause of illness in Zimbabwe. Approximately 1 in 12 children die before their fifth birthday due to malaria, according to the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. While the country had made progress in the last decade,…
Development of a Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan for Minnesota’s East Metro Area Affected by PFAS Contamination in Groundwater
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In 2018, the State of Minnesota reached a settlement with the 3M Company regarding contamination of groundwater with PFAS chemicals manufactured by 3M. Under the settlement, the 3M Company provided $850 million to the state, the bulk of which will be…
Heart Valve Disease: Increasing Education and Awareness
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The Abt team developed, implemented, and evaluated a communication campaign to increase education about and awareness of heart valve disease among the public, those at risk, and healthcare professionals.
Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia
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Central Asia is a hotspot for DR-TB. TB services are outdated, unsustainable and expensive, and increasing financial pressure on governments means money to improve services is limited. TB has a large social impact on individuals as high levels of stigma…