yeah it’s an old WHO bar that a lot of orgs use especially in published papers outside the EA world. I think it’s not a ridiculous bar, if high income countries actually used it there’s a lot of ineffective spending that wouldn’t happen (like new cancer meds). Also part of the purpose of it is to encourage more healthcare spending in low income countries.
interestingly it also then kind of implies a life is worth 20x more in a rich country than a poor one. which to be fair is basically how the world does work.
But in low income countries it’s a bar 50x lower ish than GiveWell for sure. IMO not the most useful bar for global health interventions.
yeah it’s an old WHO bar that a lot of orgs use especially in published papers outside the EA world. I think it’s not a ridiculous bar, if high income countries actually used it there’s a lot of ineffective spending that wouldn’t happen (like new cancer meds). Also part of the purpose of it is to encourage more healthcare spending in low income countries.
interestingly it also then kind of implies a life is worth 20x more in a rich country than a poor one. which to be fair is basically how the world does work.
But in low income countries it’s a bar 50x lower ish than GiveWell for sure. IMO not the most useful bar for global health interventions.