Homelessness is increasing dramatically among senior citizens in the United States—a trend 61-year-old Wesley Thomas knows all too well. After 29 years living on the streets of Washington, D.C., Thomas understands the challenges—and the promise—of tackling the rapid aging of the population experiencing homelessness. Our new, comprehensive feature report goes behind the data to uncover a compelling story and explore a future path towards sustainable solutions to complex challenges of homelessness.
As artificial intelligence expands across public and private spheres, Shreya Viswanath Basu explores how AI can improve the accessibility and the quality of solutions in global development, plus guardrails to ensure positive outcomes for our clients and communities.
"It's helping me become a better person, a better parent... It gave me hope." Guaranteed income pilot programs are supporting families’ basic needs, improving children’s educational outcomes, and strengthening parent-child bonds. Read more early insights from parents participating in Mayors for a Guaranteed Income programs in four U.S. cities.
The USAID-funded Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity has improved the nutritional status of more than 660,000 people since 2018. We're ready to build on this work for another 5 years, expanding across the country and into exciting new focus areas.
Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. Data are needed to inform policy and procedures for current and future public health risks. Under a contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Abt established the Nursing Home Public Health Response Network to conduct multiple concurrent studies in rapid response to urgent public health priorities in this population.
If electricity is unreliable, then so are health systems. Joan Chahenza and Nadiia Zaritska discuss how our work for Power Africa in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Ukraine is integrating renewable energy and gender equity to deliver reliable, life-saving healthcare.
The climate crisis affects every nation across the globe — but there is no one-size-fits-all policy solution for all countries.
USAID’s Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), led by Abt, partners with governments to help them adopt ambitious, sustainable, and equitable plans to combat climate change, tailored to each country’s unique circumstances.
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