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Evaluating the Benefits of Additional College Loan Counseling
Project
Roughly two-thirds of students take loans to pay for college, and many have difficulty repaying them; more than 500,000 students default on their loans each year. To reduce repayment challenges and in response to a presidential directive to help…
PFAS Multi-Site Research Study
Project
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that are associated with health detriments. Given the large scope of a planned multi-site study (MSS) and the complexity of the data to be collected, the Agency for Toxic…
HETA: Powering Health with Clean Energy in Africa
Project
Across sub-Saharan Africa, at least 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections. This gap threatens health when clinics can’t keep the lights on for nighttime services or reliably provide patients with oxygen…
Health Careers for All Increased Healthcare Training Enrollment
Project
Healthcare jobs are projected to be the fastest-growing occupations in the next decade. Almost all jobs in healthcare require postsecondary education or training, whether for entry-level employment or for advancement to higher-paying positions. But many…
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.
Understanding Homeless Encampments in Long Beach, L.A. River Basin, and San Fernando Valley
Publication
A Conrad N. Hilton Foundation-funded, Abt-led evaluation studied three encampments in Los Angeles.
Spotlight On: Opioid Use, Misuse and Overdose
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Our work has helped address the supply of and demand for illegal drugs and the misuse of legal substances for federal, state and local agencies, as well as other key stakeholders.
Cambodia’s Social Protection Program Enters the Digital Age
Impact Brief
Abt played a key role in helping Cambodia create a network with interoperable data management systems to improve the impact of its social protection programs.
Spotlight On: Digital Solutions for Global Development
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