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Malaria kills over 400,000 people annually, mostly children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa.(1) Seasonal malaria chemoprevention is preventive medicine that saves children’s lives. It is given during the four months of the year when malaria infection rates are especially high.
Find out more about the Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Malaria kills over 400,000 people annually, mostly children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa.(2) Nets save lives. Participants hang the nets and sleep under them so they are not bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Find out more about the Against Malaria Foundation. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Vitamin A deficiency leaves children vulnerable to infections and can lead to death. We attribute over 200,000 children's deaths to vitamin A deficiency each year.(3) This program saves lives by providing vitamin A supplements to children under 5 years old.
Find out more about Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation program. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
In Nigeria, 43% of infants did not receive all recommended childhood vaccines in 2019.(4) This program provides cash transfers to incentivize caregivers to bring babies to clinics for routine childhood vaccinations. It operates in North West Nigeria
Find out more about New Incentives. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with parasitic worms.(5) This program provides children with medication that clears parasitic infections and may lead to a large increase in lifetime earnings. We recommend the program based on its small potential for a large impact on earnings.
Find out more about the SCI Foundation. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with parasitic worms.(6) This program provides children with medication that clears parasitic infections and may lead to a large increase in lifetime earnings. We recommend the program based on its small potential for a large impact on earnings.
Find out more about Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative.. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with parasitic worms.(7) This program provides children with medication that clears parasitic infections and may lead to a large increase in lifetime earnings. We recommend the program based on its small potential for a large impact on earnings.
Find out more about the SightSavers' deworming program. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with parasitic worms.(8) This program provides children with medication that clears parasitic infections and may lead to a large increase in lifetime earnings. We recommend the program based on its small potential for a large impact on earnings.
Find out more about the END Fund’s deworming program. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
The majority of people in the world live on less than $3,700 per year.(9) This program gives cash to very poor families, mostly in Africa, to spend as they like. Many participants make investments in business and agricultural assets, housing, and education.
Find out more about GiveDirectly. Learn more about how these results are calculated here.
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