Abt's Global Health Impact

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The Bold Delivers Impact Issue

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SUMMER 2015
BOLD DELIVERS IMPACT

Letter from Diana R. Silimperi, MD
International Health Division Vice President

Dear Friends,

This Summer 2015 edition of Global Health: Innovation to Impact highlights Abt Associates’ commitment to achieving health impact through bold thinking, and introduces in-house experts in HIV and AIDS, family planning and reproductive health, and maternal, newborn, and child health.

The articles and infographics in this issue demonstrate Abt’s commitment to helping countries make documented improvements in health outcomes through our technical assistance to governments and the private sector, including through the USAID Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project, and project work focused on improving childbirth in India and preventing malaria in Uganda.

Globally, Abt is contributing to increasing use of modern family planning methods, helping more people access HIV prevention, care and treatment programs, improving the quality of prenatal, delivery, and child health services, and protecting millions of people from malaria.

WATCH: Connecting People to Better Health

Abt’s success in health service delivery, public sector engagement and health system strengthening is well established around the world. Hear more about our work directly in HIV and AIDS, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Family Planning/Reproductive Health from our technical experts.

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Better Health Care Services for Millions through Improved Capacity in Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and HIV and AIDS

From having implemented capacity building programs among health care providers around the world, the USAID-funded Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project has helped to improve quality of and access to health care service for millions. SHOPS celebrated its five years of achievements at an end-of-project event in June highlighting its work in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Measurable Childbirth Services Improvements in India

The Gates Foundation-funded Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI) project introduced a multi-pronged training approach to educate private sector paramedical staff on improving quality of care on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services via classroom and on-the-job sessions.

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Reducing Malaria Cases by More Than 90%

A President’s Malaria Initiative-funded Abt-led project in Northern Uganda has helped reduce malaria cases in one hospital by more than 90 percent. Since the Uganda Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Project Phase II began conducting IRS in in the area surrounding Lacor Hospital, the number of malaria cases decreased from more than 40,000 in 2009 to approximately 3,200 in 2014.

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Abt Associates to Expand Public Sector Systems Strengthening Work in Tanzania

USAID has awarded Abt the Public Sector Systems Strengthening (PS3) Project, a five-year project designed to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to manage delivery of quality public services.

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Conferences & Events Recap

Leading Discussions on Emerging Threats

Abt staff joined global thought leaders and practitioners at the 4th World Social Marketing Conference in Sydney, Australia. Gael O’Sullivan, Principal Associate at Abt, is a founding board member of the International Social Marketing Association. This year Abt hosted a special session entitled, “Ebola Communication: Mistakes, Wins and Lessons Going Forward.”

Research Leads to Population Issues Solutions

Family planning counseling and housing trajectories and shelter program use for the homeless population were among the topics presented by Abt at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America. This organization promotes research on population issues.

Financing, NCD Prevention and Health Care Quality Spotlighted by Abt

The 2015 International Conference on Urban Health brought Abt staff to Bangladesh to present on a variety of topics including: Urban Healthcare Financing in Bangladesh; Implications for Equity and Financial Protection in Urban Health in Bangladesh; and the benefits of involving the community for health care financing.

Innovative Research Informs Policymakers and Helps Strengthen Health Systems

Eight representatives from Abt staff participated in the annual International Health Economic Association (iHEA) World Congress in July. Topics discussed include: understanding patients' health seeking behaviors and pathways to HIV care in Uganda; recognizing, the impact of distributing free pregnancy tests on the uptake of contraceptive use in Madagascar; and discovering how community-based health insurance has helped lead to universal health coverage in Ethiopia.

Highlighting ART and HTC Services Costs

Dr. Benson Chuma, Health Financing Coordinator for SHOPS Kenya, presented at the International AIDS Society Conference in July. He discussed the issue of costing using the Management Accounting System for Hospitals (MASH) framework in Kenya where it was discovered that costing is important to support decisions geared towards improved efficiency and sustainability of HIV services.

USAID'S 20-Year Legacy in Health Systems Strengthening in Central Asia

Abt Associates celebrated USAID’s 20-year legacy in Health Systems Strengthening in Central Asia on August 17 with an event featuring successes in Kazakhstan. The Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.