I have read the this with interest. However, I think we must factor in the society or communities used to get some statistics.
The example of controlling spread of HIV in the American vs African environment is likely to be different. In Uganda, similar to most African countries, the best intervention would be at childbirth. Sensitising communities will not be the most impactful thing to do, because it may be difficult to mobilise a big number of people, whether physically or on social media.
Many of them will listen but will not implement proposals. However, every woman who attends ante-natal clinics or who goes to a health facility for delivery of her child can be impacted on controlling mother to child spread of HIV.
I do not have specific statistics ….just my thoughts and general observation.
I agree with your point, and so do in fact many EA organizations as well: e.g. different charity evaluators tend to recommend organizations that only have a small set of (well researched and evaluated) concrete interventions—usually these are designed for a very particular location / community / target audience. Naively scaling interventions to e.g. very different countries indeed often does not work that well, and would oftentimes lead to much lower (cost) effectiveness.
I have read the this with interest. However, I think we must factor in the society or communities used to get some statistics.
The example of controlling spread of HIV in the American vs African environment is likely to be different. In Uganda, similar to most African countries, the best intervention would be at childbirth. Sensitising communities will not be the most impactful thing to do, because it may be difficult to mobilise a big number of people, whether physically or on social media. Many of them will listen but will not implement proposals. However, every woman who attends ante-natal clinics or who goes to a health facility for delivery of her child can be impacted on controlling mother to child spread of HIV. I do not have specific statistics ….just my thoughts and general observation.
I agree with your point, and so do in fact many EA organizations as well: e.g. different charity evaluators tend to recommend organizations that only have a small set of (well researched and evaluated) concrete interventions—usually these are designed for a very particular location / community / target audience. Naively scaling interventions to e.g. very different countries indeed often does not work that well, and would oftentimes lead to much lower (cost) effectiveness.