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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| In 2000, Michael Kremer published a journal article that stated that deworming children in Kenya not only improves their health but also increases school participation. However, there is no effect on academic test scores or grades.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Miguel |first1=Edward |last2=Kremer |first2=Michael |title=Child Health and Education: The Primary school deworming project in Kenya |date=November 2000 |pages=1-51 |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=9AA4241CD22270968FC4FD922A956E6B?doi=10.1.1.199.1337&rep=rep1&type=pdf |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref> However, reanalysis of the data by ] in 2015 found that the original paper had calculation errors and deworming may not improve school participation. Otherwise, other conclusions drawn by Kremer are reproducible.<ref>{{cite web |title=Educational benefits of deworming children questioned by re-analysis of flagship study |url=https://www.cochrane.org/news/educational-benefits-deworming-children-questioned-re-analysis-flagship-study |publisher=Cochrane |access-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609191945/https://www.cochrane.org/news/educational-benefits-deworming-children-questioned-re-analysis-flagship-study |archive-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | The initiative was originally an independent organization called Deworm the World, co-founded by development economist ].<ref name=board>{{cite web|url=http://dewormtheworld.org/about-us/board-of-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Deworm the World |access-date=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901112856/http://dewormtheworld.org/about-us/board-of-directors |archive-date=September 1, 2013 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The initiative was originally an independent organization called Deworm the World, co-founded by development economist ].<ref name=board>{{cite web|url=http://dewormtheworld.org/about-us/board-of-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Deworm the World |access-date=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901112856/http://dewormtheworld.org/about-us/board-of-directors |archive-date=September 1, 2013 }}</ref> | ||
| ==GiveWell== | ==GiveWell== | ||
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The Deworm the World Initiative is a program led by a nonprofit Evidence Action that works to support governments in developing school-based deworming programs in Kenya, India, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.
Deworm the World works with the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative in supporting Ethiopia's national school-based deworming program.
History
In 2000, Michael Kremer published a journal article that stated that deworming children in Kenya not only improves their health but also increases school participation. However, there is no effect on academic test scores or grades. However, reanalysis of the data by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2015 found that the original paper had calculation errors and deworming may not improve school participation. Otherwise, other conclusions drawn by Kremer are reproducible.
The initiative was originally an independent organization called Deworm the World, co-founded by development economist Michael Kremer.
GiveWell
In November 2015, GiveWell recommended that Good Ventures donate $10.8 million to the organization, and identified a funding gap of $11.4 million for the organization, though the entire funding for the organization's planned 2016 activities were covered.
In November 2016, GiveWell recommended that Good Ventures donate $4.5 million to the organization, out of Good Ventures' $50 million budget for GiveWell's top charities.
References
- Miguel, Edward; Kremer, Michael (November 2000). "Child Health and Education: The Primary school deworming project in Kenya": 1–51. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Educational benefits of deworming children questioned by re-analysis of flagship study". Cochrane. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "Board of Directors". Deworm the World. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
- Natalie Crispin (November 29, 2016). "Our updated top charities for giving season 2016". The GiveWell Blog. Retrieved November 29, 2016.