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From Exposure to Protection: Securing Safe Drinking Water
Impact Brief
Abt helped the EPA develop data-driven regulations, treatment tools, and exposure models that strengthen protections against contaminants such as PFAS and lead, improving drinking water safety for millions of Americans.
Financing and Governance Strengthen Ethiopia’s Health System
Impact Brief
“One step at a time.” This well-known axiom applies broadly to individual endeavors, such as learning to play a musical instrument or building a home. It also applies to grand aspirations of governments, such as providing citizens access to affordable, quality health care.
Evaluating an Innovative Job Corps Pilot Program
Project
Abt Global and its partner, MDRC, evaluated a Job Corps pilot program, the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA), for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The Cascades pilot was an ambitious and evidence-based attempt to increase education…
Playing the Long Game: Strengthening the Private Health Sector in Ethiopia
Impact Brief
Over 15 years, Abt has led successive USAID projects that have helped strengthen Ethiopia’s private health sector.
Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins
Project
Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of reduced oxygen levels in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted.
Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe
Project
Malaria is the third most common cause of illness in Zimbabwe. Approximately 1 in 12 children die before their fifth birthday due to malaria, according to the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. While the country had made progress in the last decade,…
Spotlight On: CDC COVID-19 Research
Spotlight On
CDC’s real-time surveillance of COVID-19 cases and analyses of surveillance data inform public health policies, communication about protective behaviors, and guidance to public health and healthcare providers, communities, businesses, and schools.
Spotlight On: The Intersection of Health and the Environment
Spotlight On
Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.
Maternal Health in Rural America: Innovative Solutions
Blog
States and communities are developing and implementing innovative approaches to reduce the alarmingly high rate of preventable maternal deaths in the rural U.S.