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Roca, Inc., a non-profit organization, aims to foster behavior change and improve outcomes for high-risk young adults. Recently, Roca has expanded its program throughout Massachusetts and to Baltimore, MD, and introduced a behavior change curriculum to…

Many young children are overweight or obese, which can lead to poor health outcomes later in life as well as higher health care costs. First 5 LA, an independent county agency that helps prepare children for kindergarten during their first five years,…

Ascend Lot 1 – The UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) set out to invest £100 million in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa and South Asia to advance the impact and sustainability of national programmes tackling NTDs…

To date, evidence on the effectiveness of school voucher programs is mixed. That’s why the U.S. Congress mandated an evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), the only federally funded voucher program.  The Department of Education’s…

Low- and middle-income countries are committed to universal health coverage (UHC) and better primary health care but they sometimes need targeted support to get there. Governments and health providers have to become more accountable. Health financing…

Following the 2010 reauthorization of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created a Farm to School Program to distribute grant funding, provide training and technical assistance for improving access…

HMG wants a scoping and design exercise for a new governance programme in the Pacific to enhance regional security and prosperity. We are assessing the contribution that the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund could make toward these objectives. This…

Despite its post-conflict legacy and the 2015 earthquake, Nepal continues to achieve substantial health progress. Critical health indicators are improving, including under-five and maternal mortality rates, but there are dramatically changing burden-of…

Efficient resource mobilisation, allocation and utilisation are important to improve the health outcomes of a population and achieve universal health coverage. Currently, there is limited capacity in Nigeria to determine whether the health system uses…

Influenza is a periodic and potentially fatal illness, so it is vital to monitor the flu vaccine coverage of groups targeted for vaccination, including pregnant women and healthcare providers (HCPs). Abt Global works with the Centers for Disease Control…