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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.
Improvement Testing in the Year Up Professional Training Corps Program: Final Grant Report
Publication
Two small tests of a college-based version of the Year Up program found a general need for improvements and identified a strategy that may address this need.
Finding A Home for Mental Health
Blog
With Mental Health Awareness Month upon us, Abt’s Tamara Daley reflects on her first-hand reminder that the preservation of mental health demands a home.
Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Project
Ascend Lot 1 – The UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) set out to invest £100 million in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa and South Asia to advance the impact and sustainability of national programmes tackling NTDs…
Influencing Framework for UK Development in Nepal
Project
Under the new Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the UK government sought to maximise the benefits of an approach that integrates diplomacy and development. These benefits included generating new evidence through research and evaluation…
Australian Veterans’ Care Program Evaluation
Project
An evaluation of the Coordinated Veterans’ Care Program confirmed the program’s positive impact on participants' health and satisfaction.
Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants
Project
Pregnant women may be more vulnerable than the general population to respiratory infections and severe respiratory complications from COVID-19, and CDC needs more research on their potential effects on birth outcomes to continue to guide the public. In…
Estimating the Prevalence of ‘Doctor Shopping' for Prescription Drugs
Project
Misuse of opioid analgesics threatens public health and results in rising numbers of overdose deaths and admissions to emergency departments and treatment facilities. In the absence of adequate patient information systems, patients who engage in “doctor…
Evaluating JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competition
Project
Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…