Deworm the World was featured at at a World Economic Forum event in Davos in January 2012.The press conference highlighted key achievements of this Young Global Leader initiative and featured exciting new commitments from partners to improve the lives of millions of children through school-based deworming. We are in a thrilling new era for neglected tropical diseases.

NIH Sponsored Training on Impact Evaluation Using Randomized Trials  In Partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Rigorous impact evaluation is a critical ingredient in evidence-based policy.Within the health sector, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered standard practice in clinical research.However, evaluation of programs and policies to implement large-scale health interventions tend to be far less rigorous.Much of this is due to the fact that researchers, health practitioners and policymakers are sometimes unsure of how to reconcile the rigor of clinical trials with the uncontrolled diversity of the field, particularly when operating in a developing country context.