Despite high levels of knowledge, HIV incidence does not seem to be decreasing among adolescents in Zambia. Girls are much more likely to be infected than boys and intergenerational sex, transactional sex, and multiple concurrent partnerships are normalized. The education sector is struggling to implement effective HIV prevention. The Community ...
In partnership with the Population Council and Stanford University, AIR is conducting a systematic review to synthesize findings from experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations and linked process evaluations or qualitative research to examine the theories of change, enablers and barriers associated with achieving health outcomes through women’s groups that integrate economic ...
Our experts in the area of school-related gender-based violence worked in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development and Social Solutions International’s Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building team, RTI International, and Dexis Consulting Group to develop and finalize a toolkit, including refining and validating survey questionnaires. ...
The Affordable Care Act established health insurance marketplaces where millions of consumers can sign up for health plans. AIR provides technical, analytical, policy, and operational support to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Marketplace Plan Management Group.
In a webinar on February 28, 2023, AIR presented new data across case studies, including the key institutional, political, financial, and sociocultural factors affecting the inclusion of displaced children into national education systems.
USAID's Monitoring and Evaluation Support Activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is an extension of the MEASURE-BiH Activity, which evaluated the impact of development programs in BiH and built the capacity of local stakeholders to conduct evaluations and social science research to inform policy and programming. ...
AIR today is announcing the launch of the AIR Equity Initiative, a five-year, $100+ million investment in behavioral and social science research and technical assistance to address one of the nation’s most pressing issues: systemic inequity. The AIR Equity Initiative will fund research projects that support the goal of establishing ...
The World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (WTO TFA), ratified in 2017, proposed regulations and harmonization of standards to decrease the non-tariff-based blocks to export and trade in the North Central America Region (NCAR). Through a comprehensive approach to trade in the horticultural sector, the U.S. non-profit organization, Improving Economies ...
Vitamin A deficiency is a significant public health issue, especially in Africa and South-East Asia. In addition to visual impairment, the lack of vitamin A in children significantly increases the risk of severe illness and even death from common infections such as diarrhea and measles. AIR is working with the ...