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Flu. Coronavirus. Data. Could Analytics Change the Trajectory of a Pandemic?
Podcast
Be it outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic—human or zoonotic—the goal is to get reliable information on infectious diseases, quickly. Abt experts Laura Edwards and Sung-Woo Cho discuss strategies for harnessing machine learning and data visualization to provide actionable information—at scale—that can help stem a health crisis.
Spotlight On: Improving Access to High-Quality Healthcare Through Strategic Purchasing
Spotlight On
Helping country health systems change how they pay for health care to improve quality, efficiency, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction.
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.
How Do States Assist Refugees with TANF and Refugee Cash Assistance? Survey of State Refugee Coordinators Provides Insight
Publication
Designing a TA Program: Lessons from the Medicaid IAP
Blog
This blog provides tips for setting up a successful technical assistance program based on the evaluation of the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP).
Spotlight On: Methane
Spotlight On
Abt provides technical assistance to stakeholders to advance methane mitigation and capture strategies across countries and sectors.
Evaluation of the New York State Child Assistance Program
Project
Abt Global completed an evaluation of an important New York State welfare reform initiative involving child support enforcement, the Child Assistance Program (CAP). Unlike many other welfare reform efforts that emphasize mandatory behavioral…
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
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Abt Global generates evidence to help clients address tough challenges—in education, housing, child welfare, employment, and health. Our researchers implement effective and efficient processes to collect and analyze vast amounts of data, producing frequently cited studies. Does a program reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition? Does a vaccine wane in effectiveness against a new virus variant? Our global interdisciplinary teams—research methodologists, statisticians, ethnographers, economists, epidemiologists, data scientists, and implementation research scientists— help policymakers answer such questions. They assess whether programs work to improve people’s lives, and if not, how to best resolve them.
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project
Project
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…