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Right now, country teams around the world are drafting the funding applications that will shape their health systems through 2029.

For syphilis, this window is critical. Nearly 70% of congenital syphilis adverse outcomes occur among women who are already inside the health system — women who attended prenatal care but were never tested, or tested positive and never adequately treated. The GC8 application cycle is one of the clearest opportunities to close that gap. evidenceaction
To help country teams act on it, Evidence Action has published the GC8 Syphilis Toolkit — a practical set of resources for integrating dual HIV/syphilis rapid tests and syphilis treatment into GC8 funding proposals.

The toolkit includes:
→ A syphilis integration checklist mapped to the full GC8 timeline
→ A quantification and budget calculator for dual tests and BPG procurement
→ An impact evidence package with proposal-ready narrative language
→ A one-page evidence brief for CCM meetings and Ministry of Health discussions

The GC8 HIV prioritization guidance explicitly endorses dual HIV/syphilis tests as the first-line prenatal test. But policy endorsement alone does not put syphilis into a country's funding request. These tools were built to close that gap.

Download the toolkit and share with country teams who need it.



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Clean hands are more than a habit; they’re a foundation for better health and learning.

This World Hand Hygiene Day, we spotlight a teacher from Haryana who made handwashing a natural part of everyday school life. By integrating hygiene into daily routines and reinforcing it through awareness sessions under National Deworming Day and the Iron Folic Acid Supplementation program, he is helping children stay healthier, more energetic, and more focused in the classroom.

Because small actions in classrooms today can shape healthier communities tomorrow.


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The climate crisis is a health crisis — and it's hitting the world's most vulnerable people hardest.

Waterborne disease is spiking. Malnutrition is worsening. 21 million additional lives are at risk from just five climate-driven health threats.

But proven, scalable solutions exist today. Water chlorination. Essential nutrition. Cost-effective interventions that build resilience right now.

🔗 Learn about our work at the intersection of climate and health: https://www.evidenceaction.org/focus-areas/climate-health

As we enter a new chapter of growth and impact, we're excited to announce Danielle Bayer as Evidence Action's next CEO.

Danielle succeeds Kanika Bahl, who led the organization for nine years — a period in which we reached more than 530 million people across 11 countries and built the Accelerator, our engine for identifying and scaling the most cost-effective health interventions in global development.

Danielle joined Evidence Action in early 2025 as Chief Growth Officer and has served as Interim President since September. The board conducted a rigorous external search, but as Board Chair Shikhar Ghosh put it: "The most revealing interview process turned out to be the six months Danielle had already spent leading the organization. Her strategic clarity, operational rigor, and her deep commitment to our values — we saw it every day, in real time.”

She takes the helm at a moment when the need for proven, scalable health interventions has never been greater — and when Evidence Action is positioned to meet it.

Full announcement: https://bit.ly/3Oiag9c

Half the world lacks access to essential health services. The barrier to good outcomes is often not only treatment, it's knowing when to seek care.

AI-powered triage tools delivered via WhatsApp could help change that. The team at AI Access Initiative (2AI), a project incubated by Evidence Action, just published a deep-dive on the evidence, the uncertainties, and where strategic philanthropy can make the biggest difference.



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Today is World Health Day — and this year's theme couldn't be more fitting: Stand with Science.
At Evidence Action, that's exactly what we do. Every program we support has been tested, validated, and proven to work — not just in trials, but in the real world, at massive scale, through health systems built to last.
When you support Evidence Action, you're not funding a hope. You're funding a result.

- A child dewormed for $0.50, able to focus in school.
- A family with safe water for $1.70 per person, per year.
- A mother screened for syphilis, and her baby born healthy.

Science points the way. Your support makes it possible.
Learn more about the programs your support funds: [link in first comment]
Happy World Health Day to all the researchers, health workers, and advocates who make this work real.


See more of our programs: https://tr.ee/1SPdPu

826 million people lack reading glasses. The solution costs less than $1 to produce. The challenge: distribution at scale.

A new Community Eye Health Journal research co-authored by our CEO Kanika Bahl Bahl explores how — from pharmacies to postal workers to government programs.

We're testing this in Uganda through Evidence Action's Accelerator.

📖 Read the research:

New research highlights innovative strategies for reaching 826… New research highlights innovative strategies for reaching 826 million people without near-vision correction

"For $400 million or less, a bit more than five hours of war, we could deworm all children in need worldwide, according to Evidence Action, a nonprofit that works on deworming. This would result in stronger, healthier children and adults."

Opinion | Iran Is a $1.3-Million-a-Minute War We could make college accessible for all Americans, restore health care cuts and pretty much end the worst form of global hunger — and still have billions of dollars left over.

Community frontline worker Smt. Krishnaveni shares how she is helping families adopt safe drinking water practices in Yanamadla village, Andhra Pradesh.

Her work reflects the spirit of , building healthier communities and protecting children from waterborne diseases.

She visits households, attends community gatherings, and teaches at Anganwadi centers — all to ensure every family has access to safe, chlorinated water. Because of her work, children in her community are experiencing fewer cases of diarrhea.

This , her story reflects what real change looks like: one community, one conversation at a time.

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Read Krishnaveni's full story: https://tr.ee/NEb42o

Evidence Action's Deworm the World team visited the office of Amb. Prof. Julius K. Bitok CBS, Principal Secretary, State Department for Basic Education in Kenya.

Discussions focused on the future of Kenya's National School Based Deworming Programme — grounded in evidence, powered by partnership.

At less than $0.50 per child annually, we've delivered 61M+ treatments since 2014. We're grateful to the Government of Kenya, our partners, and the communities committed to eliminating worms as a public health concern.



Learn more about our work in Kenya: https://tr.ee/l5f4WM