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How to support fundamental health research?
Now that one of the most important organizations for fundamental health research globally, the NIH, is being gutted, what are some ways/organizations we can support continued research in this area?
What organizations can be donated to to help people in Sudan effectively? Cf. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/world/africa/sudan-usaid-famine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE8.fw2L.Dmtssc-UI93V&smid=url-share
I have not done personal research into their cost effectiveness, but I wanted to flag two NGOs recommended by Vox's Future Perfect at the end of last year. The commentary is my own though!
Alight - Alight initially received a humanitarian waiver, but their USAID-funded program was later cancelled and they're raising funds to continue operations. Alight is smaller/less well known than MSH (or other INGOs), and may face greater challenges in rapidly mobilizing emergency resources (medium confidence on this).
"We have anywhere between 15 to 30 infants in these stabilization centers at a time, and if they do not have care, within about a four to eight-hour period, they will die," Jocelyn Wyatt, CEO of Alight (Devex, February 28, 2025).
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) – They have a long-standing presence, strong operational capacity, experience scaling humanitarian interventions, so they can probably absorb and deploy additional donations quickly to meet urgent needs.
I have not done personal research into their cost effectiveness, but I wanted to flag two NGOs recommended by Vox's Future Perfect at the end of last year. The commentary is my own though!
Alight - Alight initially received a humanitarian waiver, but their USAID-funded program was later cancelled and they're raising funds to continue operations. Alight is smaller/less well known than MSH (or other INGOs), and may face greater challenges in rapidly mobilizing emergency resources (medium confidence on this).
"We have anywhere between 15 to 30 infants in these stabilization centers at a time, and if they do not have care, within about a four to eight-hour period, they will die," Jocelyn Wyatt, CEO of Alight (Devex, February 28, 2025).
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) – They have a long-standing presence, strong operational capacity, experience scaling humanitarian interventions, so they can probably absorb and deploy additional donations quickly to meet urgent needs.