I would deprioritise looking at BasicNeeds (in favour of StrongMinds). They use a franchised model and aren’t able to provide financials for all their franchisees. This makes it very difficult to estimate cost-effectiveness for the organisation as a whole.
The GWWC research page is out of date (it was written before StrongMinds’ internal RCT was released) and I would now recommend StrongMinds above BasicNeeds on the basis of greater levels of transparency, and focus on cost-effectiveness.
Very interesting you say this. I recently suggested to Basic Needs’ CEO that he get in contact with GW and hopefully this will lead to BN focusing more on cost-effectiveness and transparency.
Did you and I not discuss the Strong Mind’s RCT ages ago? I thought we agreed it was too good to be true and we really wanted to see something independent, but maybe I misremember/was talking to someone else. If it’s the case the best evidence for mental health in the developing world is an internal RCT that shows 1. how far behind mental health is and 2. the urgent need for a better evidence base.
I would deprioritise looking at BasicNeeds (in favour of StrongMinds). They use a franchised model and aren’t able to provide financials for all their franchisees. This makes it very difficult to estimate cost-effectiveness for the organisation as a whole.
The GWWC research page is out of date (it was written before StrongMinds’ internal RCT was released) and I would now recommend StrongMinds above BasicNeeds on the basis of greater levels of transparency, and focus on cost-effectiveness.
Very interesting you say this. I recently suggested to Basic Needs’ CEO that he get in contact with GW and hopefully this will lead to BN focusing more on cost-effectiveness and transparency.
Did you and I not discuss the Strong Mind’s RCT ages ago? I thought we agreed it was too good to be true and we really wanted to see something independent, but maybe I misremember/was talking to someone else. If it’s the case the best evidence for mental health in the developing world is an internal RCT that shows 1. how far behind mental health is and 2. the urgent need for a better evidence base.