Abt works in both the public and private sectors to improve people’s health worldwide.
We use an innovative “diagonal” model of strengthening service delivery. Our model combines a vertical approach—a focus on disease-specific or categorical health conditions—with a horizontal approach to address systemic flaws. As a result, our diagonal model ensures linkages between system-level improvements and point-of-service interventions in order to strengthen service delivery.
Abt’s integrated approach to service delivery concentrates on:
- systematic quality improvement, supervision, monitoring and accountability;
- increased coverage and utilization of health care services;
- planning, management, and human resources;
- resource distribution, financing, and pharmaceutical supply;
- information sharing, coordination, and referral systems; and
- community engagement and mobilization.