De-Worming Study Reanalysis Raises Questions About Impact Evaluations

Humanosphere: Evaluating benefits of de-worming kids opens a can of worms
Humanosphere reporter Tom Murphy discusses a recent study re-analyzing a de-worming program that “has raised questions about the benefits of a long-established health strategy pushed to improve child welfare in poor countries — and in so doing also raised questions about how best to do such impact evaluations…” (9/8).

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