Doug Johnson
dougj892.bsky.social
Doug Johnson
@dougj892.bsky.social
Statistician at IDinsight, formerly USAID, Abt, and Arby's
Just to clarify, does that mean that, unless things change, there won't be another NAEP for another 4 years?
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Hfs. Elon's team is pushing changes to fed payments system directly to production. Wild
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On a personal note, during the year I spent at USAID I never came across any vipers or Marxists. I did come across a lot of amazing, dedicated, hard-working staff who wanted to make the world, and the US, a better place. 6/6
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Eradication of smallpox. I said this would be non-health but this one is too important to leave out and I haven’t seen it mentioned as much elsewhere. USAID played a supporting role in the campaign to eradicate smallpox. 5/6
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CASE 1: Eradicating smallpox
Next case study > How do we knowSmallpox was deemed eradicated by a group of independent international experts who certified the country was free from smallpox for at least two years and that the surv...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Clinic construction in Afghanistan. USAID’s health program helped increase life expectancy from 42 years in 2004 to 62 years in 2010-only slightly less than the increase in life expectancy in Europe between the 1700s and the 1950s.4/6
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February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Support to victims of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. In 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocked Northern Pakistan. USAID delivered more than 11,000 tons of relief supplies saving many lives and building trust in the US 3/6
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February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Developing a new, better, way to teach kids. In many countries, learning levels are shockingly low. USAID developed, amd tested, a new, more effective approach to teaching early grade learners called “structured pedagogy.” 2/6
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February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM