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Deworm the World: Update 2025 - GFDW
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This resource is tangentially related to AI safety; it pertains to effective altruism and global health philanthropy rather than AI alignment or technical safety, and is unlikely to be a core reference for an AI safety knowledge base.
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This resource from the German Fund for Effective Altruism (GFDW) provides a 2025 update on the Deworm the World Initiative, a global health program focused on school-based deworming. It likely covers program reach, cost-effectiveness, and impact data relevant to effective altruism donors and researchers.
Key Points
- •Reviews the Deworm the World Initiative's progress and outcomes as of 2025
- •Relevant to effective altruism community evaluating global health interventions
- •Addresses cost-effectiveness and scale of school-based deworming programs
- •Published by GFDW, a German effective altruism-aligned funding organization
- •Useful for donors and researchers assessing evidence-based global health charities
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### New Milestones from Evidence Action – Deworm the World
1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from parasitic worm infections – children are especially affected. Around **895 million** children are currently at risk because they lack clean water and sanitation. Since 2014, Evidence Action has provided an evidence‑based answer: **one tablet per year** reliably protects a child and costs on average less than **US $0.50** [(Evidence Action 2025)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/programs/deworm-the-world).
Since its founding, **Deworm the World has delivered more than two billion** treatments; in 2024 alone, **198 million** children in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Malawi were reached – a record number [(Evidence Action 2025)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/programs/deworm-the-world).
Several innovations are in the spotlight for 2024/25:
- **Malawi**: For the first time, Evidence Action is combining the deworming programme with the _Equal Vitamin Access_ initiative, distributing iron and folic‑acid supplements at the same time [(Evidence Action Malawi 2024)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/newsroom/transformative-school-health-programs-with-malawi-government).
- **Kenya**: Together with Evidence Action, the government launched the **12th nationwide deworming round**, aiming to treat a further six million schoolchildren [(Evidence Action Kenia 2024)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/newsroom/govt-set-to-deworm-6-million-learners).
- **Nigeria**: Five states now deworm more than **6 million** children annually; since 2016, **28 million** treatments have been delivered [(Evidence Action Nigeria 2025)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/where-we-work/nigeria).
- **Funding**: A GiveWell‑recommended **US $4.4 million renewal grant** secures programmes in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan until 2026 [(GiveWell 2024)](https://www.givewell.org/research/grants/evidence-action-deworm-the-world-nigeria-pakistan-kenya-india-march-2024).
### The Problem
Schistosomiasis and soil‑transmitted helminthiasis are classified as “neglected tropical diseases”. Infections lead to anaemia, stunted growth and long‑term income losses. Without regular treatment, children miss up to **25 % more school** and, as adults, earn on average **13 % less** [(Evidence Action 2025)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/programs/deworm-the-world).
### The Solution – What Changed in 2024/25
- **Integration of health services**: In Malawi, deworming is combined with iron/folic‑acid distribution through schools, cutting logistics costs and tackling two health issues at once [(Evidence Action Malawi 2024)](https://www.evidenceaction.org/newsroom/transformative-school-health-programs-with-malawi-government).
- **Scaling in Nigeria**: A single pilot state has grown into a s
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