The Worm Wars
Update: 2022-06-28
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Description
In 1998, a researcher rolled out an innovative approach to education. And in 2015, Methodology Twitter had a big fight about it.
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Links!
- The original 2004 paper
- The 2015 re-analysis
- The 2015 meta-analysis
- The Tanzania dissertation
- Doing Good Better
- Worm Wars: The Anthology
- Deworming Debunked
- WHO advises blanket anti-worming treatment for children despite lack of benefit
- Deworming Delusions? Mass Drug Administration In East African Schools
- Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programmes
- What Has Been Learned from the Deworming Replications: A Nonpartisan View
- Mass Deworming Programs in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- Is it worth treating everyone who might get worms?
- New research debunks merits of global deworming programmes
- Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?
- Why Don't People Take Their Medicine? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
- Dear journalists and policymakers: What you need to know about the Worm Wars
Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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I love Aubrey's rambunctious voice.
So I guess the podcast is moving away from diet culture as a focus? This felt like a long rant by Michael.
definitely thought this was gonna be about tape worms 😬