In 1998, a researcher rolled out an innovative approach to education. And in 2015, Methodology Twitter had a big fight about it.  Support us:<ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://paypal.me/maintenancephase'>Donate on PayPal</a></li><li><a href='http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase'>Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a></li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href='https://cega.berkeley.edu/assets/cega_research_projects/1/Identifying-Impacts-on-Education-and-Health-in-the-Presence-of-Treatment-Externalities.pdf'>The original 2004 paper</a></li><li><a href='https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/44/5/1572/2594560?login=false'>The 2015 re-analysis</a></li><li><a href='http://www.cochrane.org/CD000371/INFECTN_deworming-school-children-developing-countries'>The 2015 meta-analysis</a></li><li><a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7CA864E87B159245C14BCBF31BC647B1/S0021932016000018a.pdf/rumours_riots_and_the_rejection_of_mass_drug_administration_for_the_treatment_of_schistosomiasis_in_morogoro_tanzania.pdf'>The Tanzania dissertation</a></li><li><a href='https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/14/18088514/effective-altruism-poverty-philanthropy-william-macaskill'>Doing Good Better</a></li><li><a href='https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/worm-wars-anthology'>Worm Wars: The Anthology</a></li><li><a href='https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8558'>Deworming Debunked</a></li><li><a href='https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4589?utm_source=IHP+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f8fc766b22-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_14504ce43d-f8fc766b22-248188161'>WHO advises blanket anti-worming treatment for children despite lack of benefit</a></li><li><a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/deworming-delusions-mass-drug-administration-in-east-african-schools/F53A81E632335EB38F8754051D79C547'>Deworming Delusions? Mass Drug Administration In East African Schools</a></li><li><a href='https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004108'>Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programmes</a></li><li><a href='http://www.columbia.edu/~mh2245/w/worms.html'>What Has Been Learned from the Deworming Replications: A Nonpartisan View</a></li><li><a href='http://dcp-3.org/sites/default/files/chapters/DCP3%20CAHD_Ch%2013.pdf'>Mass Deworming Programs in Middle Childhood and Adolescence</a></li><li><a href='https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33972806'>Is it worth treating everyone who might get worms?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/23/research-global-deworming-programmes'>New research debunks merits of global deworming programmes</a></li><li><a href='https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c98e/fec0a34a9d7faa2cfea371d954c8ab186237.pdf'>Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228602508_Why_Don%27t_People_Take_Their_Medicine_Experimental_Evidence_from_Kenya'>Why Don't People Take Their Medicine? Experimental Evidence from Kenya</a></li><li><a href='https://web.archive.org/web/20220125012319/http://chrisblattman.com/2015/07/23/dear-journalists-and-policymakers-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worm-wars/'>Dear journalists and policymakers: What you need to know about the Worm Wars</a></li></ul>Thanks to <a href='https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/'>Doctor Dreamchip</a> for our lovely theme song!<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a>

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The Worm Wars

Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.