School-based deworming is now recognized as one of the smartest and most cost-effective investments by leading academic This is a thrilling new era for neglected tropical … Deworm the World in India is supporting the national government and eight state governments with the implementation of school-based deworming programs. Figure 1C: Summary of the rapidity of re-acquiring soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections after treatment, Notes: 6 months posttreatment, the prevalence of all three worm infections reached or exceeded half the initial level; and at 12 months posttreatment follow-up, the prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides and T. trichiura usually returned to levels close to the initial pretreatment, while levels of hookworm reinfection continued to fluctuate at about half pretreatment level. Fig. You can find more general information about DtWI on our website. The Deworm the World Initiative is a program led by the nonprofit Evidence Action that works to support governments in developing school-based deworming programs in Kenya, India, Ethiopia, and … [2] Initially supported by the Partnership for Child Development and Innovations for Poverty Action, Deworm the World became an initiative of Evidence Action in late 2013. In contrast, without prior screening they conclude that it is unclear whether mass deworming of STH is has an effect on weight, height, school attendance, or school performance; and that it may have little or no effect on haemoglobin or cognition. "When Should Governments Subsidize Health? Our solution utilizes existing educational infrastructure, which provides the most efficient way to reach the highest number of school-age children. The author found improved test scores in those treated, and concluded that this strengthens the evidence for cognitive benefits for mass deworming in areas of high worm prevalence. Four of GiveWell’s top charities support deworming—the mass distribution of medicines to children in poor countries to rid their bodies of schistosomiasis, hookworm, and parasites. Background to the design of a stigma-reduction intervention, 4. ↩︎, "Cochrane's Incomplete and Misleading Summary of the …" 2012. DtWI is planning to spend a large part of their budget - $500,000 of 1.3 million - on evaluation of new evidence-based programs that improve deworming operations[50]. This results in treatment coverage of over 280 million children a year, and costs on average less than USD $0.50 per child per treatment, with measurable improvements in health, economic, and educational outcomes. Now, DtWI will assess training quality through a variety of means. The Case of Mass Deworming." Deworm the World Initiative (led by Evidence Action) Treating children for parasite infections in developing countries. 4: Figure showing the projected costs of preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis (upper panel) and soil transmitted helminths (lower panel) in the coming years. How does it feel to experience stigma? 2009. As a member of the global deworming team and reporting to the Director, Deworm the World Initiative, the Senior Manager also has an important role in … In their most recent report Givewell has been concerned that some of the deworming DtWI has initiated is redundant, because India runs an existing program to treat lymphatic filariasis (LF) where the same drug used to treat STH is sometimes used to treat LF[35][36]. Recognized as a GiveWell top-rated charity each year since 2013, the Deworm the World Initiative partners with governments to develop and implement national, school-based deworming programs to treat children for parasitic worm infection. Found inside – Page 406According to Deworm the World, a joint initiative launched in 2007 by the WEF, deworming programs are one of the most costeffective health interventions in ... This company is changing the way we see prostheses. The Deworm the World Initiative (Dt W) wa s launched at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to expand school-based deworming programs. (2014). Found inside – Page 89... include: Deworm The World, which has helped forty million kids to succeed in school by treating parasitic worm infections; the Global Dignity Initiative ... ↩︎, They write: “The treatment for LF in India is annual administration of DEC or DEC and Albendazole 107 and the WHO recommends annual albendazole treatment for areas with 20-50% prevalence of STH.108 According to the Indian government's program website, the LF treatment program has high coverage across many states (e.g., 80-90% in states carrying out the program), including Bihar.109 Therefore, it appears that in some cases the effect of DtWI's work may be to transition from annual to biannual treatment in appropriate areas, and we are unsure of how the impact of a such a transition would compare to the impact of transitioning from no treatment to some treatment. What are health-related stigma and mental wellbeing? The Deworm the World Initiative, led by Evidence Action, supports programs that treat children for parasitic worm infections that cause short-term symptoms such as anemia, and may cause longer-term developmental problems. [4], As of November 2016[update], charity evaluator GiveWell has recommended the program as one of its top charities since 2013. The Department of Health (DOH) continues its nationwide drive to eliminate intestinal parasitism in children. Increasingly, STH-Malaria co-infections have been the focus of investigation and some scientists have become worried that certain STHs actually protect against malaria. […] most (about 65%) of the people requiring treatment for NTDs live in middle-income countries. Based on our knowledge about the human immune system, it is plausible to assume that malaria and helminths interact[19]. The main themes I took from these interviews are the following: ↩︎, http://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/deworming/reanalysis#Externalvalidity ↩︎, Nacher, Mathieu. ↩︎, Baird, Sarah et al. Our colleagues at Givewell have recently published an extensive update recently that was generally very favourable, and they continue to rank among Givewell’s top charities. ↩︎, http://www.givewell.org/files/Research%20meetings/SF%20Research%20Event%20December%2015%202014%20-%20Top%20Charities.pdf ↩︎, http://blog.givewell.org/2015/04/03/top-charities-room-for-more-funding/ ↩︎, World Health Organization. ↩︎, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P. "How malaria has affected the human genome and what human genetics can teach us about malaria." The investigations were funded by GiveWell. Malar J 10.259 (2011): 1475-2875. a program led by Evidence Action, an organization that focuses on scaling up interventions that it believes are cost-effective and evidence-based. "The H-Index as a quantitative indicator of the relative impact of human diseases." "Is anthelmintic resistance a concern for the control of human soil-transmitted helminths?." 25 Mar. This year, the group, which works with the World Bank, local governments and other NGOs, will deworm 20 million children in 25 countries around the globe. Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative Advocates for, supports, and evaluates government-run school-based deworming programs to improve health and schooling outcomes. To support the Deworm the World Initiative. See current vacancies. A recent review showed that in endemic areas where the prevalence of STH infections is above 10%, reinfections occur rapidly after treatment (see Figure 1A, B and C), particularly for Ascaris and whipworm and biannual treatment might be indicated against Ascaris and whipworm and at least one treatment per year against hookworm[37]. 7. We also commend the intent to execute and study more comprehensive interventions that treat multiple diseases, as it is generally acknowledged among researchers that WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) interventions play an integral part to prevent rapid reinfection[49]. Moreover, DtWI is currently thinking about expanding into other African countries such as Nigeria, Namibia or South Africa[2]. This study has been criticized by Poverty Action[4][5] and a rebuttal of that criticism has also been published[6]. 2. Evidence Action runs several programs, including the following: The Deworm the World Initiative. Inclusion of affected persons and champions in interventions, Guide 4. An economy with frequent large recessions, a pronounced business cycle, very high or variable inflation, or frequent financial crises would be considered economically unstable. 25 Mar. Evidence Action: Deworm the World Initiative (formerly: Deworm the World) Kenyatta University. 2015
↩︎, McIntyre, K Marie et al. 2013. “The commitment of foreign donors and community volunteers to NTD control will continue to be important in scaling up access to those products that are available. Found inside – Page 125Deworm the World (https://www.evidenceaction.org/ dewormtheworld/), ... Initiative (https://schistosomiasiscontrolinitiative.org), and Global Programme to ... Deworm the World was featured on January 27th, 2012 at a World Economic Forum event in Davos. The Deworm the World Initiative partners with governments to develop and implement national, school-based deworming programs. Deworm the World’s two biggest programs are in Kenya and India. In 2017, we maintained outstanding program reach. Found inside – Page 99It has been estimated that hookworm causes a global 'disease burden' of 1.5 to ... including a new initiative to 'deworm the world'4 through the schoolbased ... These diseases affect 1 in 7 people worldwide and have been cited as the #1 cause of inescapable poverty in the world. By Evidence Action, February 2019. They find that not all but many of the results still hold[15], which means that DtWI’s case of only deworming for STHs in India is still strong with regards to improvement of school performance. Kara Kirby Manager, Analysis & Program Operations, Deworm the World Initiative at Evidence Action Baltimore, Maryland, United States 440 connections ; Good Ventures has donated approximately $ 100 million from 2011 onward to GiveWell top charities Against Malaria … ↩︎, Salazar-Castañon, Víctor H, Martha Legorreta-Herrera, and Miriam Rodriguez-Sosa. Their Deworm the World Initiative is one of GiveWell’s top-rated charities. In some of the Indian states that DtWI operates in, Ascaris (which has been hypothesized to decrease malaria susceptibility) is more prevalent and intense than hookworm (which has been hypothesized to increase malaria susceptibility)[27][28]. Thus, it is very much conceivable that DtWI, with their unique expertise in India, might play a substantial part implementing such future deworming programs and thus require substantially more funds. It refers to the factual work of the program. ↩︎, Mbah, Martial L Ndeffo et al. Update August 2015: A recent randomized trial suggests that deworming with albendazole does not increase malaria incidence among children [33]. How do you conduct a stigma assessment? Deworming has very high social returns, with conservative benefit-cost ratio estimates ranging from 24:7 to 41:6. An eight-time GiveWell top charity, our Deworm the World Initiative combats worm infections by working with governments to deliver mass school-based deworming programs. Our colleagues at Givewell have recently published an extensive update recently that was generally very favourable, and they continue to rank among Givewell’s top charities. They cited three concerns with the program: parents' and children's concerns about side effects of the deworming medication, religious concerns, and the fact that the program did not reach students not enrolled in school. 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Here are their responses. DtWI estimates that the total cost per child dewormed is about $0.30-$0.40 (depending on the country) which is very cost-effective. Deworm the World Initiative work with governments in developing countries to administer mass school-based deworming programs. In Nigeria, Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative provides technical assistance to state and federal governments to implement school-based deworming programs in four states: Rivers and Cross River state in the south-south zone, and Oyo and Ogun in the south-west zone. Mr. Deepak Yadav, Program Manager, Evidence Action - Deworm The World Initiative CONTENTS Acronyms 1 Glossary 2 Introduction and Rationale 3 About National Deworming Day 4 Objective of National Deworming Day 5 Can Make A Difference, The true effect size of mass deworming on populations with all kinds of infection intensities and prevalence is underestimated because the samples studied had relatively low worm, The trial was not adequately powered to pick up a relatively small effect size on health measures (in fact, the large trial was no better powered than several previous studies to pick up effects on health indicators, but only highly powered to pick up effects on mortality. Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative employs a cost-effective, evidence-based, and sustainable approach to scaling school-based deworming programs that treat schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in school-age children. The period 2013–2015 (light solid line) is based on an assumption of linear scale-up from actual coverage reported in 2012 towards 2020 targets; these are targets, not forecasts. Deworm the World Initiative helps governments launch, scale and sustain school-based deworming programs - freeing children from worm infection and enabling them to attend school more regularly. 2015
↩︎, "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Unicef." “The treatment is safe, free, and highly effective and is globally recognized,” the Education CAS assured. Evidence Action includes not only DtWI, but also a program called Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW). There are two problems with this. Instead, we're relying on the work of organisations including J-PAL, GiveWell, and the Open Philanthropy Project, which are in a better position to provide more comprehensive research coverage. Crucially, all of the evidence comes from small trials studying children known to be infected with worms (by screening). Ascaris related) malaria interactions have cancelled out. Found insideIt also operates initiatives aimed at preventing the transmission of the ... neglected tropical diseases: Deworm the World, which focuses on mass drug ... In late 2014, they developed a comprehensive strategy to improve on this issue. Found inside – Page xiIan's fee for his work on this book has been donated to the Deworm the World Initiative (www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/deworm/). led by Evidence Action; its aim is to advocate for and provide technical assistance for implementation of deworming programsfor school-aged children. The cost for DtWI for executing their deworming programmes seem to be to a large degree upfront costs to get the program running, and we think the marginal cost of having a deworming program more frequently per year vs. just annually is probably low. Pre-school- children, aged 1 to 4 years, receive a dose of mebendazole by trained community health workers, under the supervision of nurses. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,200,000 to Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. 2007. More research is needed to address this complex issue. The middle-income group includes both lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income countries. Bihar, Bihar Education Project Council, and Deworm the World Initiative to implement the school-based deworming program in the state for treatment of STH. Found insideWe're interested in global health and development because dollars can go very ... Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and the Deworm the World Initiative. GiveWell’s recommendation relies primarily on research from western Kenya finding that deworming in childhood boosted income in adulthood. During the deworming campaigns, organized every 6 months by the Ministry of Health, children aged 5 to 15 years are given a single dose of chewable albendazole, by trained teachers. They have also improved on their strategy to increase the quality of government reported data, by improving forms, greater integration with existing school health reporting structures and forms, and cross validation of data to check the veracity of reported numbers in the whole school. DtWI plans to spend $230,000 on staff to support evaluation of DtWI’s work in Kenya. [5][6][7][8], 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. We believe this is a minor confounder and does not jeopardize the main conclusion drawn from this trial. The authors of the review cited above suggest that more intense treatment is likely to further impact on morbidity, but might bear the risk of drug resistance development. These worms interfere with nutrient absorption and cause malnourishment, anemia, and impaired mental and physical development. A recent paper[25] has even suggested that mass drug administration should administer both ivermectin, an antimalarial drug, and albendazole, which is used for deworming, in order to maximize effects against STHs and malaria. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 8.10 (2014): e3234. Should We Give Anonymously Or Publicly To Charity? Universal coverage against NTDs will fail if it fails to mobilize domestic investment.”. So the question is: if there is consensus that the deworming works in principle, then why don't we see reasonably strong effects of mass deworming in the Cochrane meta-analyses on mass deworming and the very large DEVTA trial? More info. School data provided by GreatSchools The GreatSchools Rating helps parents compare schools within a state based on a variety of school quality indicators and provides a helpful picture of how effectively each school serves all of its students. However, increasing the number of deworming rounds is probably beneficial and in the following section we present several studies that show that more frequent deworming may be beneficial. Income groups are held constant across the period of analysis. Pending further evidence, they do not yet assume further integration of LF and onchocerciasis in Africa with schistosomiasis and STH. See current vacancies. deworm the world initiative Nearly 9 crore children given deworming tablets in 2015: Government The campaign managed to cover a total of 8.98 crore (85 per cent) children who received deworming tablet (Albendazole) on National Deworming Day 2015. "Effect of repeated anthelminthic treatment on malaria in school children in Kenya: a randomized, open label, equivalence trial." Figure taken from [38]. 26 Mar. Found inside – Page 388Through their Deworm the World initiative , the Young Global Leaders have drawn attention to deworming as a potential strategy to improve health and ... The initiative. Liked by Jackline Muriithi. Found inside – Page 227These include the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative, END Fund, and the deworming initiative of Sightsavers. Targets assume integrated delivery of preventive chemotherapy for LF and onchocerciasis in Africa, schistosomiasis and STH among school-age children, and LF and STH outside Africa. Found inside – Page 289Côte d'Ivoire, programs supported by World Bank-WFP partnership, ... 46–47, 60 DtW (Deworm the World), 223, 229–30 E Education (Administrative Provisions) ... Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative removes parasitic worms from children at very low cost (less than $1 per child). In 2017, we maintained outstanding program reach. However, it is unlikely that they can mobilize resources at the scale implied by universal coverage against NTDs. Protheses, walking devices and wheelchairs. Giving What We Can no longer conducts our own research into charities and cause areas. 2013. Found inside – Page 557... writing) are Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, both of which seek to eradicate intestinal worms, ... What are the most effective charities in 2021? About Us Across the world, 600 million school-age children are at the risk of being infected with parasitic worms The Deworming initiative was started by four siblings from Nahar Family, Bangalore.The four team members are Lakshya Nahar (13 years), Ayushi Nahar (12 years), Tanishka Nahar(11years) and Esha Nahar (5 years). All STHs that DtWI treats in India are very far under the line (marked in yellow and circled in red) and so are probably understudied. Found insideSo, I should give to effective charities like the Against Malaria Foundation or Deworm the World Initiative when fulfilling my positive duties. The Deworm the World Initiative at IPA works to reduce the infection burden by promoting and establishing sustainable, government-led programs wherever worms are a problem. For instance: there will be a pre and post test checkup, with questionnaires administered by DtWI staff checking key messages about deworming, at both the district level and the block level. ↩︎, http://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/deworming#footnote63_lbiqn4c ↩︎, Ahuja, Amrita, Douglas B Marshall Jr, and Sarah Baird. Parasites. Found inside – Page 110Deworming with pills is cheap, but is not done by individual parents because ... such as the Deworm the World Initiative that had reached more than 280 ... Since we last allocated funds, we received an additional $1.25 million … 5. PloS one 8.3 (2013): e57899. Since 2014, we have supported governments to deliver over 1 billion treatments, which are proven to improve the nutrition, cognition, school attendance, and long-term economic prospects of children. Deworm the World was featured on January 27th, 2012 at a World Economic Forum event in Davos. This trial also had a potential confounder: some children with obvious worms in the control group received treatment[8]. In the light of this cost-benefit analysis for screening versus mass treatment, the case for mass deworming is still strong, but one might suggest that it is better to focus more on more heavily infected populations and improve trials. Even though this analysis is not perfect (we have written about this previously ), we do believe that the analysis is valid and we support its conclusion. Charity Entrepreneurship helps people start new charities that have the potential to become recommended by GiveWell, such as Charity Science Health and Fortify Health. The Deworm the World Initiative works with governments to implement large-scale school-based deworming programs, currently supporting treatment of an estimated 280 million children annually. Often, budget constraints prohibit a full-scale roll-out of a program. Deworm the World Initiative (DWI) works with governments to provide mass deworming programs in at-risk communities. We have previously written about how mass drug administration against Schistosomiasis might help reduce Malaria. However, generally, there is agreement, even among the authors of the Cochrane review and the large DEVTA trial that did not find strong evidence for health benefits on mass deworming[9][10] that children who were screened for worms and test positive should be dewormed and that, in principle, deworming drugs for STHs have good, reasonably strong effects on health, which is in line with our biological understanding of the parasitic worms. In the political sense, "immigration reform" may include promoted, expanded, or open immigration, as well as reduced or eliminated immigration.. See also 2016. In Vietnam, DtWI assists with an integrated deworming, hygiene education and sanitation program as well as the scientific evaluation of such programs. Launch of National Awareness Campaign of the Pakistan Deworming Initiative, a program led by the Government of Pakistan. In Kenya, the Deworm the World Initiative has helped implement the government of Kenya’s national deworming program in schools since 2012. Malaria is one the strongest known selective force on the human genome[18]. Givewell conducted a reanalysis of this data looking at the effects of STH by excluding all the schools that received praziquantel against schistosomiasis. More specifically, Evidence Action advocates for school-based deworming to policymakers and provides technical assistance to launch, strengthen and sustain school-based deworming programs. Found inside(Was de-worming, or any health intervention, on your list of ideas of how to help the ... GiveDirectly, and Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative. Another is including hand-washing educational programming alongside deworming days.”. Additionally, if the LF treatment and DtWI’s deworming treatment occur within less than six months of each other, leaving a majority of the year with no deworming administration, the effect of the combined programs may be reduced. Moreover, about 95% of Indians reside in areas where malaria is endemic[29]. We agree and have recently argued that there is much more room for funding for deworming organisation such as SCI. Conley, Sean. This is in line with Givewell’s evaluation of the Deworm the World Initiative as a strong organization in terms of track record, evidence based self-evaluation, clear communication with independent evaluators such as Givewell, and high transparency[61]. We believe that this is a very good way of addressing Givewell’s criticism. One can also not rule out that positive (e.g. The default condition of the mammalian ancestral immune system was to be parasitized by gastrointestinal worms (schistosomiasis is not a gastrointestinal worm)[17]. Moreover, they have outlined a strategy for quality assurance of their training programs of their health workers, which Givewell had previously believed to be poor. However, Givewell sees room for more funding: “DtWI believes that additional resources can improved significantly the quality of the analysis done regarding the cost effectiveness of breaking transmission. I reached out to leaders at GiveDirectly, Against Malaria Foundation, Deworm the World Initiative (part of Evidence Action), Schistosomiasis Control Initiative and Development Media International to ask for their views. "Rationale for the coadministration of albendazole and ivermectin to humans for malaria parasite transmission control." 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