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* GOAL 3 is a social enterprise that created IMPALA, a patient monitoring and digital platform system for low-resource settings. There is also a GOAL 3 foundation that raises funds to ensure underserved communities will be reached.
* A recently completed report from Rethink Priorities calculated IMPALA to have a cost per DALY averted of $7–17 in paediatr...
This month effective altruism has gotten lots of attention, including a cover story in The Economist. It feels pretty surreal to be on the receiving end of it. But I feel grateful these ideas have caught on, and even more grateful for the drive, earnestness, and compassion of so many people who took strange but well-argued ideas seriously and then actually acted on them....
Impressions from the 21st Annual U.S. Cluster Headache Patient Conference, organized by Clusterbusters.
On the morning of the last day of the conference, E. was hanging out with other “clusterheads” outside the conference hotel when he started having a cluster headache attack. Before he could go back to his hotel room, J. offered E. his DMT v...
I was wondering what all should I consider before taking a pledge like GWWC 10% ? Looking upto relevant article suggestions or advices.
Just as one random bit of advice, I'd say don't feel like you have to be sure you can make the 10% every year before you can take it. I took the pledge as a student, and have had some years where I've fallen behind, but will work to compensate for those in the years where I make more.
Thank you for this one! I'm glad to know you did this as a student. I can only suggest to not get overwhelmed in those low years- you're already doing fine than most!