I summarised a little bit how various organisations in the EA space aggregate QALY’s over time here.
What I’ve been unable to find anywhere in the literature is how many QALYs a typical human life equates to? If I save a newborn from dying, is that worth 70 QALYs (~global life expectancy), 50 QALYs (not all of life is lived in good health), or some other value?
I summarised a little bit how various organisations in the EA space aggregate QALY’s over time here.
I think this post by Open Phil is probably related to what you’re asking for and I would also recommend the GiveWell post on the same topic
I think this is still generally seen as a bit of an open question in the space