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Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…

The Australian government delivers a wide range of development programs working to improve the health of countries around the region. But the answers to difficult questions, such as “How can we identify new infectious diseases such as animal-to-human…

Since the 1980s, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has tested many new policies and programs to improve work outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients. These demonstrations covered…

Over the past 15 years, hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals and students have been taught to use AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS concepts and tools to enhance the quality and safety of patient care. Evidence has steadily accumulated to show the positive…

An influenza pandemic is a major public health threat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) needed a communications strategy to notify communities of the latest scientific findings on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the wake of…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have high rates of risk factors associated with chronic illness and have much higher rates of chronic disease than non-Indigenous Australians. These higher rates affect overall life expectancy and mortality…

Abt Global helped the USAID-funded JCAP activity communicate about—and change behaviors around—sustainable family planning and RMNCH+ services in Jordan.

Under a federal waiver program (DSRIP), Massachusetts has the opportunity to restructure MassHealth to improve health outcomes and experience for its members. The challenge is to build the capacity of the state’s newly formed Medicaid ACOs and related…

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…

The USAID Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Activity in Tajikistan is training scores of midwives to help improve the birthing process.