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 Vietnam.Deworm the World
supports the governments of India and Kenya
in their respective national school-based
deworming programs, and works with the Schistosomiasis
Control Initiative in supporting Ethiopia's
national school-based deworming program.
== History ==
The initiative was originally an independent
organization called Deworm the World, co-founded
by development economist Michael Kremer.
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.
== Reviews ==
=== 
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 was covered.As of
November 2016, charity evaluator GiveWell
has recommended the program as one of its
top charities since 2013.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.In September 2015, GiveWell
published a report based on field investigations
carried out by Jacob Kushner and Anthony Langat
of the National School-Based Deworming Program
conducted by the government of Kenya with
technical assistance from Deworm the World
Initiative.
The investigations were funded by GiveWell.
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.
Responding to the report, GiveWell said that
it did not raise any red flags for its recommendation
of Deworm the World Initiative.
Evidence Action also responded at length to
the observations made in the report.
=== Giving What We Can ===
Effective altruism advocacy group Giving What
We Can (GWWC) lists Deworm the World Initiative
as a "promising" charity.
The group did a case study of deworming activities
in Bihar, India for which the initiative provided
assistance
