GiveWell estimate, although this is not to be taken too seriously, $3,500 to AMF saves a child’s life.
It should be noted that their November 2016 estimate is that the marginal cost per under-5 death averted is $9,161 (B55 of the Bed Nets sheet), while the cost per life saved equivalent is $3,376 (B74 of the Bed Nets sheet).
That’s my understanding. Based on B78, B79, and B80 of the Bed Nets sheet, it appears that 27% of the benefit comes from development effects, 36% of the benefit comes from adult mortality reduction, and 37% of the benefit comes from child mortality reduction.
Edit: GiveWell updated their spreadsheet to reflect the fact that what they previously labelled as the “percent of benefit coming from adult mortality reduction” is actually the “percent of benefit coming from age 5 and over mortality reduction” and what they previously labelled as the “percent of benefit coming from child mortality reduction” is actually the “percent of benefit coming from under 5 mortality reduction.”
From this post: “This year, for most staff members, about 60%+ of the benefits of AMF in our cost-effectiveness analysis came from averting adult malaria mortality and improving childhood development, but the evidence base for both of these impacts is relatively limited.”
It should be noted that their November 2016 estimate is that the marginal cost per under-5 death averted is $9,161 (B55 of the Bed Nets sheet), while the cost per life saved equivalent is $3,376 (B74 of the Bed Nets sheet).
Does that mean 2⁄3 of the estimated benefit comes from things other than averting deaths of children under 5?
That’s my understanding. Based on B78, B79, and B80 of the Bed Nets sheet, it appears that 27% of the benefit comes from development effects, 36% of the benefit comes from adult mortality reduction, and 37% of the benefit comes from child mortality reduction.
Edit: GiveWell updated their spreadsheet to reflect the fact that what they previously labelled as the “percent of benefit coming from adult mortality reduction” is actually the “percent of benefit coming from age 5 and over mortality reduction” and what they previously labelled as the “percent of benefit coming from child mortality reduction” is actually the “percent of benefit coming from under 5 mortality reduction.”
From this post: “This year, for most staff members, about 60%+ of the benefits of AMF in our cost-effectiveness analysis came from averting adult malaria mortality and improving childhood development, but the evidence base for both of these impacts is relatively limited.”
Does that mean 2⁄3 of the estimated benefit comes from things other than averting deaths of children under 5?