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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Study Finds Benefits

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to determine if teen pregnancy prevention programs with limited prior evidence of effectiveness can work when replicated with different populations and in different settings. HHS contracted with…
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Population Health, Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) Program

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Abt and three Medicare locals-- Central Queensland, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast--formed a consortium to establish a primary health network (PHN).  To strengthen the partnership, Abt recruited a team of professionals and established the Population Health…
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Abt to Help Massachusetts Extract, Review and Analyze Opioid Overdose Data

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Identifying opioid overdose events in administrative records is not always straightforward. Not all people who overdose are taken to hospitals, and some overdoses are reversed by administering naloxone (Narcan), which can be done by first responders,…
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Strengthening Tanzania’s Health Supply Chain

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Despite tremendous economic growth, many Tanzanians remain underserved by public services and lack reliable access to essential medicines.
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Racing Against Time: The CDC's Campaign to Prevent Zika Transmission

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The pictures from Brazil showed babies born with small heads or distended limbs. They were victims of Zika, the first mosquito-transmitted virus to cause devastating birth defects. Brazil and Puerto Rico reported growing numbers of Zika-related cases in…
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Immunization Resource Tracking Project

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The Immunization Resource Tracking Project strengthened country level data on immunization financing and immunization sustainability. The Abt-led project supported the production of immunization expenditure estimates and the development of policy briefs…
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Six Building Blocks for Opioid Management

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Primary care practices need to redesign the way they provide care to balance preventing opioid misuse and potential risks while addressing the needs of patients with chronic pain. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded Abt a…
Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

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Changing behavior requires reaching people at the right time: when they are open to making a change. One indication of that willingness in the diabetes context is if they are searching for diabetes-related information online. The challenge is how to take…
Building Sustainable, Resilient Health Systems

Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)

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Abt helped 25 countries reform their own health financing, improve access to and quality of health services, and prevent and contain disease outbreaks.
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Dissemination and Evaluation Center

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Approaches to link and retain vulnerable people living with HIV (PLWH) in HIV primary care are critical to ending the HIV epidemic. While evidence-informed interventions exist, they have not been broadly adopted. That’s why the Health Resources and…