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Caring for Residents with SUD in Long-Term Care

Caring for Residents with SUD in Long-Term Care

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Since 2016, Massachusetts has required long-term care facilities (LTCFs) to admit individuals requiring care who are also being treated with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Failure to do so violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. While…
Study of COVID-19 in Retirement Villages

Study of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities

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Older adults are among those with the highest risk for medically attended COVID-19. From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed data to characterize risk factors and clinical epidemiology of COVID-19 among older adults. The information would inform…
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Working with the Private Health Sector in Ghana to Improve Service Delivery

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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.
Tracking Minnesotans Access and Use of Home and Community-based Health Services

Tracking Minnesotans' Access and Use of Home and Community-based Health Services

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Minnesota’s Department of Human Services wanted to leverage existing state data to develop measures to help monitor access to Medicaid-funded home and community-based services (HCBS). To build on our prior work evaluating critical access to the state’s…
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Market-Based Solutions to Improve Nutrition in Tanzania

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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…
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Learning for Land: Supporting Sustainable Land Governance Worldwide

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The DSU is the learning partner of the Land Facility, facilitating knowledge production and exchange within and beyond the programme to support adaptive decision making.
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Developing the COBRA Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

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Estimating and monetizing public health benefits from reductions in emissions can be a complicated process requiring expertise in air quality modeling, health impact valuation and the monetization of health benefits. Because of this, researchers,…
Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

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HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit organization with a goal of eliminating homelessness due to eviction for non-payment, notably for families with subsidies and the working poor in Massachusetts. Eviction is costly not only for tenants but for…
Influencing Framework for UK Development in Nepal

Influencing Framework for UK Development in Nepal

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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…
Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia

Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia

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Central Asia is a hotspot for DR-TB. TB services are outdated, unsustainable and expensive, and increasing financial pressure on governments means money to improve services is limited. TB has a large social impact on individuals as high levels of stigma…