Evidence Action
Global impact starts with asking the right questions: How far can a dollar go to improve a person’s health? How can we learn if our strategies are working? How can we ensure that they will continue to work? At Evidence Action, we leverage rigorous research and iterate constantly to scale low-cost health interventions at life’s most critical stages, including pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. We always follow the data to ensure maximum value for every dollar and maximum impact for every individual. Our programs have reached over 515 million people by pairing proven interventions with creative new implementation models tailored to local contexts. As we mark our 10-year anniversary, we reaffirm our commitment to expanding access, improving cost-effectiveness, and utilizing evidence to inform every decision.www.evidenceaction.org
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Oct 20, 2026
Michael IgoeHOST
It's also a group of people who loves nothing more than to debate and hash things out.
Michael IgoeHOST
The debate I'm talking about centered around an organization called, very aptly, Evidence Action, It's a relatively large NGO that gets funding from some of the key players in this space, like GiveWell, for example.
Michael IgoeHOST
Back in March, the organization announced that it was significantly scaling back one of its programs, a multi-million dollar campaign to distribute chlorine dispensers for clean water in a handful of African countries.
Michael IgoeHOST
Evidence Action had discovered through external evaluators that far fewer people were actually using these dispensers than they had initially thought.
Michael IgoeHOST
The evidence supporting this project's effectiveness didn't justify additional investment.
Michael IgoeHOST
Here's where things escalated into what qualifies as a heated debate among evidence nerds.
Michael IgoeHOST
While some in the community praised Evidence Action for publicly disclosing that their project wasn't working as intended and making a difficult decision to stop doing it, others saw a concerning pattern.
Michael IgoeHOST
To critics, this wasn't an example of noble transparency.
Michael IgoeHOST
It's also a group of people who loves nothing more than to debate and hash things out.
Michael IgoeHOST
The debate I'm talking about centered around an organization called, very aptly, Evidence Action, It's a relatively large NGO that gets funding from some of the key players in this space, like GiveWell, for example.
Michael IgoeHOST
Back in March, the organization announced that it was significantly scaling back one of its programs, a multi-million dollar campaign to distribute chlorine dispensers for clean water in a handful of African countries.
Michael IgoeHOST
Evidence Action had discovered through external evaluators that far fewer people were actually using these dispensers than they had initially thought.
Michael IgoeHOST
The evidence supporting this project's effectiveness didn't justify additional investment.
Michael IgoeHOST
Here's where things escalated into what qualifies as a heated debate among evidence nerds.
Michael IgoeHOST
While some in the community praised Evidence Action for publicly disclosing that their project wasn't working as intended and making a difficult decision to stop doing it, others saw a concerning pattern.
Michael IgoeHOST
To critics, this wasn't an example of noble transparency.