Deworm the World: Pandemic-Related Program Adaptations Continuing into the Future
With increased COVID vaccination rates and eased pandemic-era restrictions, deworming programs across the geographies in which we work are experiencing some sustained reprieve – schools have reopened and attendance rates are increasing. Our government partners have been able to reorient their focus back to working on routine health programs, including deworming. Pandemic Challenges, Shifts, and
Laying foundations of good health in school classrooms across India
Evidence Action recognizes that schools are an important platform for influencing the health and well-being of students, families, and the whole community. We align with the view of the World Health Organization and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that, at their best, schools are a safe, secure place where students can acquire the
We’re doubling the size of Dispensers for Safe Water, reaching millions more people and saving the lives of young children
For many years, Evidence Action’s Dispensers for Safe Water program has provided over 4 million people in rural Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi with free and reliable access to safe drinking water. Today, we are poised to more than double the reach of the program to a total of 9 million people by 2023, through a
Our Year In Review 2021
I recently glanced back at the ‘year in review’ we shared at the end of 2020. At the time, we had no idea the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic would continue to permeate almost all aspects of our lives in 2021. Yet as another tumultuous year comes to a close, Evidence Action is looking
Emerging Evidence Suggests Water Treatment Is Even More Impactful and Cost-Effective in Averting Child Mortality
Update: The meta-analysis from Michael Kremer, Stephen Luby, Ricardo Maertens, Brandon Tan, and Witold Więcek mentioned in this blog, was published as a working paper on the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics’ website on March 30, 2022. You can read it here. Evidence Action has been operating our Dispensers for Safe Water
Reductions in Total Deworming Treatment Figures Represent Progress Toward Deworm the World’s Goal: Here’s Why
In 2019, our Deworm the World Initiative supported treatment of over 280 million children—around one-quarter of the total at-risk child population globally—according to the treatment figures reported by our government partners. In 2020 this dropped to 177 million due to the impact of the pandemic on school-based deworming programs. Though programs are now back on
Meet Maryann Edeh – Manager, Deworm the World Initiative South West Zone, Nigeria
In May 2021, we provided technical assistance to the Lagos State government to conduct its first state-wide school-based deworming campaign, targeting approximately 1.3 million school-age children. The program, led by the State Ministries of Health and Education, as well as the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), focused on 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) within
Deworm the World: Real-World Application of Cost per Child Data for Decision Making
We have written before about how Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative strives not only to be a low-cost program, but also a cost-effective program—one that ensures that the impacts are measurable and the costs are weighed relative to the benefits delivered. To achieve this goal of cost-effectiveness, we regularly evaluate program cost data. In
Rapidly Training Over One Million Frontline Workers for Deworming During COVID-19 in India
Due to the risk of COVID-19, in most states the Government of India mandated the closure of schools and preschools from March 2020—closures which are still in place and are due to be lifted by November 16, 2021. To prevent the interruption of India’s National Deworming Day (NDD) program, which normally is delivered in schools,
Deworming During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Updates From Our Country Programs
In the past few months, despite continued school closures, disruption to global supply chains, and new waves of COVID-19 infections, our Deworm the World Initiative has remained active across every country where we operate. Our teams are continually adapting our support to governments to ensure that deworming can continue to reach at-risk children—and with immense