It’s worth looking into, since it wouldn’t be that many research hours and it’d have a small chance of high upside. My initial intuition would be that this is not neglected enough though—the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is jointly made up of WHO, US CDC, UNICEF, GAVI, Gates Foundation, and Rotary International. So they’re probably not limited by money, technical expertise, or political weight. Maybe if there was some neglected intervention or population within the polio field?
Maybe a more promising research direction would be what diseases could be targeted for eradication, for what amount of resources/tractability etc. There may be diseases that aren’t currently in the purview of major global health organisations, where EA funding/talent could accelerate eradication efforts.
It’s worth looking into, since it wouldn’t be that many research hours and it’d have a small chance of high upside. My initial intuition would be that this is not neglected enough though—the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is jointly made up of WHO, US CDC, UNICEF, GAVI, Gates Foundation, and Rotary International. So they’re probably not limited by money, technical expertise, or political weight. Maybe if there was some neglected intervention or population within the polio field?
Maybe a more promising research direction would be what diseases could be targeted for eradication, for what amount of resources/tractability etc. There may be diseases that aren’t currently in the purview of major global health organisations, where EA funding/talent could accelerate eradication efforts.