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Explore our most powerful stories and groundbreaking insights through this curated selection of multimedia content. In this section, we feature thought-provoking videos highlighting key moments, challenges, and successes in our work worldwide, showcasing the transformative potential of our research and actions.
Kathleen Flanagan | #WeAreAbt
Abt Global CEO reflects on her 40-year career--and her first job interview, with founder Clark Abt that launched it all.
Ukraine's Other Fight: Economic Resilience in Unity | Mini-Doc
Yuliya, co-founder of the Ukrainian kitchen-counter maker GrandBlutPlat, lost everything to Russian rockets. When she returned to the rubble, she didn't know 90 percent of those who came to help--or what she should do next. The GROW Entrepreneurs program showed a path--and confirmed for her Ukraine's resilience in unity.
Beyond Borders and Building Blocks: The Future of Health Systems Strengthening | Mini Master Class
VP of Global Health Kelly Saldana calls strengthening health systems the most effective way to improve health outcomes. The evolution of this work is key to coutnries' health security and resilience.
Not Getting Malaria in Malawi | From the Archives
Gift introduces us to her playground and her dangerous nights, when malaria-carrying mosquitos abound.
We are Abt
Kathleen Flanagan
Jacqui de Lacey
Jacqui de Lacey desribes the impact of her childhood in Papua New Guinea on her career in internation development and her current passion for making an impact.
Elaine Baruwa
Elaine Baruwa describes how her unfinished journey to medical school opened the doors to a degree in health economic, which set her on her path as a health systems strengtheing researcher.
Diane Paulsell
Diane Paulsell describes the impact of her unbringing in rural North Carolina and her mother's comitment ot higher educaiton on her passion to service others.
Cara Jackson
Cara Jackson describes the impact of a single article on high school exam rates on the arc of her research career.
Anna Koehle
Anna Koehle, EdD stresses the importance of crafting solutions that harness perspectives from diverse disciplines such as education, child welfare, and mental health to create effective programs and improve the lives of children and families.
Dion Trahan
Dion Trahan describes the impact of his father's death on his commitment to public service.
Allan Porowski
Allan Porowski describes the impact of three friends who failed ot complete high school for different reasons on his commitment to social science research.
Insights
At Abt, we are showing how we help make an impact is superior to telling. That's why we've produced in-depth documentaries outlining our challenges and our successes.
Carolynn Pouslen | Preventing Disease X
Carolynn Poulsen lays out the ground work for understanding global health scurity and how it relates to the ever-evolving quest to prepare for the next "Disease X."
Kelly Saldana | The Future of Resilient Health Systems Is in Primary Care
Kelly Saldana, vice president, resilient health systems, calls strengthening health systems the most effective way to improve health outcomes. Central to such efforts: primary health care (PHC). PHC considers local contexts to build resilience. Its lower cost can provide equitable universal access. And as the health frontline, PHC can prevent, detect, and treat disease outbreaks.
Nora Connor | Demystifying A.I.: A Tool For Social Change
Hear Nora Connor, director of data science, discuss her personal career evolution, the evolution of artificial intelligence, and how Abt will use it to help clients.
Satyendra Prasad | The Personal Impact of Climate Change
Satyendra Prasad, principal technical lead for climate and localization, tells how as a child in Fiji he experienced extreme weather events with greater frequency and intensity. As a scholar, policymaker, and practitioner, his mission is to protect the Blue Pacific.
Impact
Maria | Fighting on Their Front: Ukraine’s Women Entrepreneurs Fuel a Wartime Economy
Maria Bubnova in Mariupol explains how she lost almost everything, then launched a new business—ready-made meals—and the benefits of the GROW Entrepreneur program: business insights and a network to replace the one she lost in Mariupol.
Yuliya | Ukraine’s Women Entrepreneurs Fuel a Wartime Economy
Yuliya, co-founder of the Ukrainian kitchen-counter maker GrandBlutPlat, lost everything to Russian rockets. When she returned to the rubble, she didn't know 90 percent of those who came to help—or what she should do next. The GROW Entrepreneurs program showed a path—and confirmed for her Ukraine's resilience in unity.
It Takes a Village
Explore the chorus of voices that participate in launching a PMI-funded malaria control campaign in rural Madagascar.
Data Breaks the Cycle
Explore the chorus of voices that participate in launching a PMI-funded malaria control campaign in rural Madagascar.
Ending Malaria Creates Jobs for Women
Explore commitment of the PMI-funded malaria control activities to mainstreaming gender equality and empowering women across several facets of the program in Benin.
The Fight Against Malaria Through the Eyes of Gift
See Malawi through the eyes of Gift, who thinks Abt’s insecticide sprayers “look cool” and was overjoyed when, after they sprayed homes in her village, she didn't get malaria once.
Farida | Living in the Moment in Ukraine
Farida tells the story of her dream: opening a coffee shop in Ukraine, In the Moment, to give people a respite and enable them live in the moment—not knowing what the next moment will bring.
The Intersect Podcast Series
Tune in to engaging discussions on the world’s most pressing challenges. Our podcast series explores problems, solutions, and the measurable impact our work is having globally.
Guaranteed Income, Direct Rental Assistance, and the Potential of Cash Transfers
This podcast covers what we have to learn about guaranteed income, and whether direct rental assistance could be an effective way of providing rent subsidies.
We Can Do Better: Data, Educational Outcomes, and Equity
Karen Gray-Adams and Rebecca McGill-Wilkinson discuss equity, the education evaluation process, and ensuring we identify the best way forward for every child.
Break the Chain: Exploring the Links Between Environmental & Criminal Justice
This podcast examines how systemic racism thrusts Black families into a cycle linking dangerous environmental conditions, poor health, and the justice system.
Ukraine to Rwanda: Integrating Renewable Energy with Gender Equity
In this podcast, Joan Chahenza and Nadiia Zaritska discuss how building resilient energy systems—from Ukraine to sub-Saharan Africa—can support gender equity.