Some good ideas here I think.
Personally I think people from developing countries would be the best candidates for ideas 3, 4, 5 - ideally with pre-existing experience of working in those health systems. Not sure how far that matches your applicant pool.
Givewell just made a big grant to Evidence Action on hiv/syphilis dual testing, and CHAI has lots of experience already of rolling out new diagnostics with ministries of health in africa/asia.
One option could be to focus in countries CHAI does not work—I guess I’m biased but CHAI largely already have the key relationships in place with govts and have done exactly this kind of work for them in the past.
There might of course be some reason why Givewell doesn’t want to fund CHAI that I’m not aware of though so you think a new org is the way forwards.
I think there’s value in some organizational diversity / having multiple shots on goal, and I’m excited to see what comes out of both CHAI’s ongoing work and efforts by Charity Entrepreneurship and others to create effective non-profits.
Disclaimer- I used to work at CHAI.
Some good ideas here I think. Personally I think people from developing countries would be the best candidates for ideas 3, 4, 5 - ideally with pre-existing experience of working in those health systems. Not sure how far that matches your applicant pool.
Givewell just made a big grant to Evidence Action on hiv/syphilis dual testing, and CHAI has lots of experience already of rolling out new diagnostics with ministries of health in africa/asia.
One option could be to focus in countries CHAI does not work—I guess I’m biased but CHAI largely already have the key relationships in place with govts and have done exactly this kind of work for them in the past.
There might of course be some reason why Givewell doesn’t want to fund CHAI that I’m not aware of though so you think a new org is the way forwards.
GiveWell / Open Philanthropy have funded CHAI.
I think there’s value in some organizational diversity / having multiple shots on goal, and I’m excited to see what comes out of both CHAI’s ongoing work and efforts by Charity Entrepreneurship and others to create effective non-profits.
Agree—definitely value in organizational diversity.