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Can deworming treatments at Kenyan schools cut absenteeism?
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Replication research promotes open discourse3ie Impact - Evidence Matters
Study throws doubt on education benefit of deworming childrenYahoo News
Dear journalists and policymakers: What you need to know about the Worm WarsChris Blattman Blog
The positive impact of deworming in Kenyan schools: the evidence untangledThe Conversation
Obama Thinks Solar Power Will Boost Kenya. Kenyans Aren’t So SureNational Public Radio
Worm Wars – Vox SentencesVox
Worms Win, Kids Lose? Our Statement.Evidence Action
New research debunks merits of global deworming programmesThe Guardian
Are deworming programmes beneficial?Cochrane
Scientists Are Hoarding Data And It’s Ruining Medical ResearchBuzzfeed News
How re-analysing the data of scientific research can change the findingsThe Conversation
Educational Benefits of Deworming Children Questioned by Re-analysis of Flagship StudyCochrane
New deworming reanalyses and Cochrane reviewThe GiveWell Blog
Worm Wars – A Review of the Reanalysis of Miguel and Kremer’s Deworming StudyWorld Bank Development Impact Blog
Worm wars – The fight tearing apart the global health community, explainedVox
Evidence for spending millions on deworming schoolchildren is inadequate, report saysThe British Medical Journal
Scientists Are Hoarding Data And It’s Ruining Medical ResearchThe Governance Lab @ NYU
This academic debate about worms has an important lesson for the future of global povertyVox
Half of biomedical research studies don’t stand up to scrutiny – and what we need to do about thatThe Conversation
Despite $7 billion to ‘Power Africa,’ why the continent is still in the darkDaily Mail
Mapping the Worm Wars: What the Public Should Take Away from the Scientific Debate about Mass DewormingCenter for Global Development
What Has Been Learned from the Deworming Replications: A Nonpartisan ViewMacartan Humphreys
The author of a contentious study on deworming finally speaks outVox
Is it worth treating everyone who might get worms?British Broadcasting Corporation
What are the economic benefits of mass deworming of children?World Economic Forum
Worm WarsBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Mass deworming: (Still) a best buy for international developmentVox EU
Deworming: What’s the deal here?DevEx
How to debunk a studyThe Economist
Deworming: An informed debate requires a careful look at the dataInnovations for Poverty Action
Economic data is not always about numbersGulf News
Worming a way to the hard factsBusiness Day Live
Worming our way to the truthTimHarford.com
Explainer: Where were you in the #wormwars?The Guardian
Good science gone wrong?The Berkeley Blog
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment ExternalitiesPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology2004
Twenty Year Economic Impacts of DewormingPublished PaperEducation and Human CapitalHealth2021
Worms at work: Long-run impacts of a child health investmentPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology2016
Commentary: Deworming externalities and schooling impacts in Kenya: a comment on Aiken et al. (2015) and Davey et al. (2015)Published PaperAfrican DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology2015
The scientific case for deworming childrenThomson Reuters Foundation