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Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 4
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 3
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 2
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 1
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
A Frontline View of Foreign Aid Cuts with CHAI’s CEO: September 11, 2025
Foreign aid funding cuts are reshaping the global health landscape, creating urgent funding gaps and forcing difficult prioritization decisions across health systems w...
The Fragile Foundations of Global Health Data: August 21, 2025
GiveWell’s ability to find and fund highly cost-effective health programs relies on a foundation of credible data. A key source of that data, the Demographic and Healt...
Advancing GiveWell’s Work on Family Planning: August 7, 2025
As GiveWell’s research team grows, that increased capacity and expertise allows us to evaluate a wider range of programs to find the most cost-effective opportunities ...
Malaria Funding at a Crossroads: July 18, 2025
Malaria is the cause area where GiveWell has directed the most funding over our 18-year history. We’ve recommended over $1 billion to malaria programs, which we estima...
Deepening GiveWell’s Focus on Livelihoods Programs: July 10, 2025
GiveWell has long grappled with fundamental questions about how to value different positive impacts and make funding decisions across diverse programs. In particular, ...
Forecasting the Future of Global Health Funding: June 26, 2025
In the face of potential major cuts to foreign aid, how can we anticipate the impact on global health and effectively direct resources to the areas of greatest need?In...
Exploring HIV/AIDS Funding Cuts and Emerging Needs: June 5, 2025
The US government has historically been a major funder of HIV/AIDS programs, providing around $5 to $6 billion annually through PEPFAR and other initiatives. With anti...
Supporting Governments Navigating US Funding Cuts: May 15, 2025
Cuts to US government foreign assistance have created unprecedented challenges for global health programs. Countries that have relied on this funding must now navigate...
Making Cost-Effective Grants Amid Uncertainty: April 23, 2025
The US government has historically spent approximately $12 billion to $15 billion annually in foreign assistance dedicated to global health. The funding cuts announced...
Addressing Urgent Needs in Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: April 3, 2025
Our first episode shared a broad overview of the impacts of US government aid cuts and GiveWell’s initial response. This time, GiveWell Program Officer Natalie Crispin...
GiveWell’s Response to USAID Funding Cuts: March 19, 2025
In this discussion between GiveWell CEO and co-founder Elie Hassenfeld and Senior Program Officer Julie Faller, we provide snapshots of how US funding changes are affe...