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Improving Private Pharmacy Provision of Injectable Contraceptives in Nepal
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An Abt-led Nepal private pharmacy chain adhered to injectable contraceptive counseling guidelines but had gaps between knowledge and practice, a study said.
Nurturing and Optimizing Networks of Care to Maximize Benefits to Patients, Health Workers, and Health Systems
Blog
In Global Health Science and Practice, Abt Global’s Kelly Saldana and coauthors argue for more evidence and coordination to expand the use of Networks of Care in health systems and service strengthening.
Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS)
Project
Abt Global’s Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project was USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The five-year project, which ended in 2016, worked to involve nongovernmental organizations and for-profit…
Supporting Development, Dissemination and Implementation of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline
Project
Nearly 50,000 persons died of opioid overdoses in 2017, which contributed to the first-ever decline in working-age Americans’ life expectancy. A 2012 Abt Global study found wide geographic variation in opioid prescribing in the United States, indicating…
Des Moines Area Community College’s Workforce Training Academy Connect Program Three-year Impact Report
Publication
The study of WTA Connect found an impact on exam-based credentials and confidence in career knowledge, but no detectable impacts on employment, earnings, or family economic well-being.
Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality
Project
To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
Governance Working Paper Series – Issue 6: “Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Complex Programs in Complex Contexts: Three Facility Case Studies”
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Evaluating Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG)
Project
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…
Collaborative, Locally-led Campaign Reaches More Than 180,000 With Lifesaving COVID-19 Vaccines
Impact Brief
Abt supported a large-scale and locally-led campaign that vaccinated 180,669 young adults against COVID-19 in remote communities across Niassa province in Mozambique.