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This page lists some of the issues or causes that we've studied:
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Agriculture
Cash transfers
Disaster relief
Economic empowerment
Education
Haiti earthquake
Health
HIV/AIDS
Japan earthquake/tsunami
Malaria
Microfinance
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Surgery organizations
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Women
In-depth evidence reviews:
Cash transfers
Condom promotion and distribution
Deworming (mass treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths)
HIV/AIDS treatment
Immunization
Insecticide-treated bed nets
Malaria treatment
Mass treatment for lymphatic filariasis
Mass treatment for onchocerciasis (aka river blindness)
Maternal mortality reduction
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Trachoma control ("SAFE strategy")
Tuberculosis treatment ("DOTS")
Water infrastructure
Zinc supplementation
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Update on Against Malaria Foundation’s costs
Millennium Villages Project
GiveWell Labs Update and Priority Causes
What Large-Scale Philanthropy Focuses On Today
Strategic Cause Selection
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Update on the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative: our current #2-ranked charity
How Not To Be a “White in Shining Armor”