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Deworm the World Initiative (abbreviated DtWI) is an initiative led by Evidence Action that works to support governments in massively expanding school-based deworming programs around the world. According to its website, it claims to have reached 35 million children around the world.

The initiative was originally led by a non-profit called Deworm the World, with co-founder and president is the development economist Michael Kremer. In 2013, the initiative was taken over by Evidence Action.

Charity evaluator GiveWell listed DtWI as one of three top charities (without any relative ranking) for 2013 end-of-year giving.

Honors and recognition
Deworm the World was featured in the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2012. It was also honored by Bill Clinton at the 2008 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. In March 2012, the Poverty Busters Giving Circle made a donation to Deworm the World.

November 2013 review
In November 2013, charity evaluator GiveWell reviewed the Deworm the World Initiative. Based on the review, GiveWell listed DtWI among its three top charities (with no relative ranking) alongside GiveDirectly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. GiveWell set a "minimum target" of funds to raise for each charity, and its minimum target for DtWI was USD 2 million.

GiveWell listed a number of strengths and weaknesses of DtWI in its official review. The main strengths GiveWell saw were:


 * Focus on a program with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness.
 * Standout transparency.
 * Room for more funding.

The major unresolved issues GiveWell saw were:


 * The difficulty of assessing the impact of an organization whose role is advocacy and technical assistance, rather than direct implementation.
 * The apparent fact that DtWI is working in states with existing disease control programs including some that administer the drug used in deworming.
 * The marginal value of additional unrestricted funds for DtWI.
 * The fact that GiveWell found the data on the quality of the deworming programs that DtWI has been involved in to be relatively limited.

November 2012 review
GiveWell had previously reviewed Deworm the World (prior to its being taken over by Evidence Action) in November 2012, with the conclusion that "we won't be prioritizing the organization in question as a potential top charity."

Reviews by others
The website of the Innovations for Poverty Action lists the school-based deworming program being carried out by Deworm the World as a program with "Proven Impact" and recommends donating to the program.

Effective giving advocacy group and charity evaluator Giving What We Can recommends Deworm the World as #3 on its list of top three recommended charities, below Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. Giving What We Can has published a case study of the operations of Deworm the World in Bihar, a state in India.

Blog coverage
The blog of Innovations for Poverty Action, an initiative partner of Deworm the World, has repeatedly mentioned and discussed the activities of Deworm the World. Deworm the World has also received mentions on the blog of the World Bank and the blog of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.