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AI Helps EPA Standardize and Sharpen Toxic Chemical Data
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Abt used AI to standardize EPA off site chemical transfer data to 97% accuracy, enabling faster analysis and stronger chemical safety decisions.
Financing and Governance Strengthen Ethiopia’s Health System
Impact Brief
“One step at a time.” This well-known axiom applies broadly to individual endeavors, such as learning to play a musical instrument or building a home. It also applies to grand aspirations of governments, such as providing citizens access to affordable, quality health care.
Building a Knowledge Base to Teach Adults to Decode
Project
Decoding is an essential skill to read words that a person may only have heard spoken. It is not just important for children. Millions of U.S. adults are non-literate or can perform only simple, literacy tasks. They need decoding skills, too—although…
Evaluation of Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technologies in New York State
Project
In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…
Evaluating ACOs and Rural Healthcare for CMS
Project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the ACO Investment Model (AIM) to improve health care delivery in rural and underserved areas. AIM provided up-front payments to ACOs participating in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program (SSP)…
Monitoring Flu Vaccine Use in Priority Populations
Project
Influenza is a periodic and potentially fatal illness, so it is vital to monitor the flu vaccine coverage of groups targeted for vaccination, including pregnant women and healthcare providers (HCPs). Abt Global works with the Centers for Disease Control…
Data on Adjudication of Misdemeanor Offenses: Results from a Feasibility Study
Publication
This feasibility study will help BJS assess whether to try to gather reliable national data on misdemeanor charges filed in state, county, and city courts.
The 2019-2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Pt. 2
Publication
Part 2 of the AHAR showed that overall sheltered homelessness was down while introducing new elements to the data collection.
Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation
Project
The Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation (GJ-HC) is a rigorous evaluation of four career pathways programs funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The programs – enacted in response to the 2008 recession – targeted unemployed workers and those…
Exclusive-Gas Infrastructure Across Europe Leaking Planet-Warming Methane - Video Footage
News
In this article, Abt’s Jonathan Dorn discussed ways to address leaking methane—a greenhouse gas—in industrial gas facilities across the EU.