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Hi Radon, you can check Fortify Health; https://www.fortifyhealth.global
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A preliminary estimate, and a request for better ones.
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I believe the standard literature estimates for the number of DALYs attributable to a case of stunting are too low, largely because they don’t account for the long term effects. This means that childhood nutritional interventions that reduce the prevalence of stunting may be substantially more cost-effective than previously believed.
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Exploratory and back-o...
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I’ve been feeling pretty shaken since the METR report about the Hugging Face incident came out last week. Over the weekend, I wrote up some thoughts on how lonely the AI situation sometimes feels to me. It’s more personal than what I’d usually share publicly, but I thought I’d post it here in case it resonates with anyone else.
I’m very grateful to the man...
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TL;DR: Kairos has raised $50 million from Coefficient Giving for two years of funding, one of the largest commitments they’ve made towards AI safety fieldbuilding to date. We’re using this to make an ambitious push for growing Kairos, broadening our portfolio of talent infrastructure projects and incubating new organizations. We’ve doubled in size in the last six mon...
Recent opportunities to take action
Founders Pledge has recommended Bandhan's Targeting the Hardcore Poor programme.
As part of a shallower investigation into early-stage funding opportunities, they also recommended Suvita
(Disclaimer: I worked at Founders Pledge when these recommendations were made, and was responsible for the Suvita recommendation. I don't think either of these are as highly-vetted or as cost-effective in expectation as GiveWell's recommendations, though among randomista-style giving opportunities in India I think they're a good bet!)
I also think air quality is a really promising bet in this area. Open Philanthropy has identified some promising opportunities, and made some grants, described here.