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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. 

The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…

Following the COVID-19 pandemic and amid other virus outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) learned many lessons and acquired deep expertise in how to communicate with the American public. CDC aims to take these lessons learned…

KOMPAK implemented a local-level development initiative to improve basic services and economic opportunities for poor and vulnerable Indonesians.

Abt’s evaluation found California’s Project Roomkey helped homeless Californians at COVID’s peak — and it could serve as an effective emergency housing model.

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…

Low-wage and non-low-wage workers take family and medical leave for similar reasons, but lower-paid workers face worse financial and job outcomes when they take leave.

School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a grant program to increase high school graduation, college readiness, and educational attainment for students in our nation’s persistently lowest-achieving schools, designated as School‐Improvement Grant (SIG) or Priority…

Adaptability, diligence, and innovative thinking are necessary for any large-scale integrated health project to produce results. This is especially true in a country such as Mali, with high levels of poverty and limited resources.