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The Ghanaian government, partnering with USAID, seeks to improve private sector expertise in providing quality health services, including access to diarrhea treatment for children.

Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this, causing over 1.7 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and almost 168,000 deaths among nursing…

More than 2 million units of rental housing have been developed through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, making it the largest housing production program in U.S. history. As thousands of properties hit the 15-year mark—ending the…

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…

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

The Deepwater Horizon disaster contaminated habitats across the northern Gulf of Mexico, including deep water corals, shallow bays, estuaries, coastal marshes and beaches. The spill affected wildlife ranging from birds to dolphins to sea turtles.  The…

Among large cities, New York City (NYC) is unique due to the diversity of its more than 8 million residents. Residents come from a variety of countries,  speak multiple languages, have varying degrees of mobility and literacy, and live in a variety of…

Rhode Island’s Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Age Five (PDG) grant is being used to implement a plan to ensure all children from birth through age 5 (B-5) are supported by services and programs that will prepare them for lifelong success. To…

In 2011, roughly 80 percent of Mozambicans earning their living from subsistence farming; more than 44 percent suffered from chronic malnutrition, and 34 percent faced perpetual hunger. Farm productivity was among the lowest in the world. Farmers used…

National and provincial health plans in remote communities in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea have mandatory goals for reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.