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Despite recently changing its donation recommendations, continues to recognize the impact of 's deworming initiative.
Research from CEGA Faculty Co-Director indicates deworming can improve health, education, & more. 1/
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Still highly cost-effective, evidence-based, and massive expected value: our Deworm the World Initiative. Read more in our blog on GiveWell's change to their top charity list:
evidenceaction.org/a-change-in-de
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Still highly cost-effective, evidence-based, and massive expected value: our Deworm the World Initiative. Read more in our blog on GiveWell's change to their top charity list:
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Giving What We Can will continue to support donations to , the deworming programs from , ,
and in line with our inclusion criteria. Read more in our update in response to 's news:
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Globally ~600M children suffer from anemia, 33% in India.
Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation is a highly effective - and cost-effective - solution; we’re supporting 5 state govts in India to treat children & adolescents. More:
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Developing alternative ways to deliver deworming treatments in Pakistan also helped us reach hard-to-reach school-age children. We helped scale treatment to ~2.6M, school-age children, in 2021 compared to 212,000 reached in the 2020 pilot.
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The pandemic, while challenging us, has also pushed us greatly. In 2021, we delivered 14 million+ more deworming treatments than last year while reaching 191M+ children across India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
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Listen to the latest episode to hear talk about the effective altruism movement, explain effective ways to donate, and mention Deworm the World amongst high-impact nonprofits!
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New episode! @willmacaskill joined @tylercowen to discuss why the effective altruism movement has gained so much traction, his favorite inefficient charity, whether he’d side w/ aliens over humans, if starting a university might be on his slate, & more. loom.ly/1lATUDM
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In 2019, our Deworm the World Initiative supported the treatment of 280M+ children. We're unlikely to see figures as high ever again - this is GREAT news, as it means #deworming is working. More:
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Job Alert! We are #hiring for a Senior Associate, Communications with solid writing skills and savviness in engaging with digital audiences. If that's you, apply - or share with your favorite communicator!
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Job alert! We are evaluating new countries to expand our safe water programming and are looking for someone with excellent project and people management skills to manage the efforts - ideally, SSA based. More + apply here: evidenceaction.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?
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On this #worldpopulationday, reminds us to focus "on people, not population." We're excited to bring safe water access to millions more people in Malawi + Uganda thru Dispensers for Safe Water - an evidence-based way to ↓ child mortality for only $1.50 per person per yr
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We are #hiring a Nairobi-based Associate Director, Internal Audit, to bolster our risk management and compliance team in the Africa Region. Apply today: evidenceaction.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?
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Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer highlights the benefits of water treatment on child health & Dispensers for Safe Water, providing 4M+ people w/ safe water access in
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We're dramatically scaling up our safe water program and are #hiring a Global Director, Safe Water. Do you have WASH expertise AND strong entrepreneurial skills? Come help expand + develop our cost-effective interventions:
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ICYMI, here's the recording of highlighting our current impact + expansion plans for Dispensers for Safe Water at the recent donor briefing on water quality interventions
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We were pleased to be a part of @GiveWell's clean water treatment event, along with Michael Kremer from @DIL_UChi.
@BrSedg, our Senior Director for Programs, spoke about our planned expansion to reach 9M ppl w/ safe water access, and the need for investment in safe water space.
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Are you a passionate human resource professional interested in overseeing our sub-regional HR function in West and Central Africa? If yes, please apply.
evidenceaction.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?
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Do you have strong technical M&E skills and a knack for team management? We are #hiring for a Nairobi-based Associate Director, MLE Delivery, to lead + manage our large Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation team in Africa.
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Global leaders convening at the #KigaliSummit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases highlight the urgent need to fight these debilitating diseases.
Deworm the World has been a part of this fight since 2014 delivering +1.3B treatments.
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We are #hiring for a new exec position - Chief Operations Officer who can enable our work in building cost-effective and high-performing global development programs, delivered at scale. If interested, apply:
evidenceaction.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?
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Michael Kremer from Development Innovation Lab and from are joining GiveWell for an online event next Wednesday focused on clean water. We hope you can make it! Register here:
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Job Alert! We are looking to hire two MLE Strategy Managers with a keen eye for developing monitoring plans and are interested in the practical application of technical knowledge. If that's you, apply today!
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We are #hiring for a Nairobi-based Chief of Staff to support the Regional Director and leadership team with the design and execution of strategic initiatives. Strong project management & analysis skills a must! More:
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For every new donor who creates a monthly recurring donation, your first donation will be matched up to $1,000! Offer is valid until 30 June 2022 #EOFY
Now is a great time to start a recurring donation (and tell your friends): eaa.org.au/donate
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Kenya's school-based deworming programme marks 10 years -
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Open Philanthropy and GiveWell are bringing their partnership to bear on the problem of unsafe water. A $64.7 million commitment will bring thousands of community chlorine dispensers to several African countries. Liz Longley reports: bit.ly/3tukOnN
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Deworming children reduces school absenteeism by upto 25%.
#10YearsDewormingKe
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Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Rashid Aman on Wednesday presided over celebration to make 10 years of implementing the National School Based Deworming Program (NSBDP) in Kenya.
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The National School Based Deworming Programme initiative is jointly led by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education with technical support from Evidence Action organisation. #10YearsDewormingKe
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Kenya Celebrates 10 Years of the National School Based Deworming Programme. CAS Health Dr Rashid Aman is presiding over the event on behalf of CS Health Senator Mutahi Kagwe at Mundika Boys Primary School in Busia County. #10YearsDewormingKe
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Learn more about our support to governments including Kenya, bringing this evidence-based and cost-effective solution to 200M+ children annually. 4/4
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Worm prevalence has decreased dramatically in Kenya through regular deworming. Now in its 10th year, the NSBDP is targeting 5.7M children across 17 counties and 112 sub-counties, ensuring that Kenya's children remain free from worm infection. 3/4
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Based on Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer & 's research, NSBDP provides free deworming treatment to children aged 2-14 yrs in at-risk areas, regardless of enrollment status. Evidence shows that deworming reduces school absenteeism and raises long-term earnings by ~14%. 2/4
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We are pleased to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National School-Based Deworming Programme (NSBDP) in Kenya, led by the and the with our technical support. To date, NSBDP has reached 6M children annually across 27 counties. 1/4
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