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The Zambia Integrated Systems Strengthening Program
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The Zambia Integrated Systems Strengthening Program (ZISSP) was a four-and-a-half year USAID-funded, Abt Global-led project which increased the use of quality, high-impact health services through a health systems strengthening approach in Zambia. The…
Namibia MCC Tourism Project Evaluation
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Etosha National Park, one of Namibia’s primary attractions, covers 8,600 square miles of wilderness, including the massive Etosha salt pan and savanna woodlands. Visitors stay in lodges within the park and visit watering holes to watch zebras, giraffes,…
PMI VectorLink: Six Years of Malaria Vector Control Achievements
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Malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, is transmitted by one of the world’s smallest insects—the mosquito. Bites from malaria-carrying mosquitoes resulted in about 249 million cases of malaria in 2022, with an estimated 608,000 people dying from…
Messaging Campaign to Reduce Orphanage Use in Cambodia Provides Mixed Results
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Some Cambodian parents fear they can’t give their kids food, clothes, and education – a future. So these desperate parents hand their children over to orphanages, though they aren’t orphans. The children often face poor care and family separation at best…
Investing in Women
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While gender gaps are shrinking for some labour market outcomes, substantial challenges remain globally and in Southeast Asia. Detailed examination of data indicates that women are much less likely to work full-time than men and are less likely to…
Engagement, Interest, and Efficacy in STEM
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) project is a science enrichment program aimed at inspiring, engaging, and educating K–12 students in science, technology,…
Bolstering Governance in Papua New Guinea
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Economic growth is vital for PNG’s development, but other conditions are also necessary. The gains from resource-driven growth are not widely shared. Corruption is endemic, law and order are in decline, and gender inequality is the worst in the region…
Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in Hennepin County, Minnesota
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In 2010, Hennepin County, Minn., was one of 16 grantees awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to replicate with fidelity and rigorously evaluate evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs. Abt Global conducted a…
Career Pathways: What We Know So Far and Options for Closing Gaps in Knowledge
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Career pathways strategies offer articulated education and training steps between occupations in an industry sector, combined with support services, to enable individuals to enter and exit at various levels and to advance over time to higher skills,…
What is One Health? A Frontline Defense Against Zoonotic Diseases
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A One Health approach, which includes human, animal, and environmental health, is critical for fighting diseases passed between animals and humans.