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Beyond the bednets: Vida Plena and MHI | Joy Bittner & Ben Williamson | EAG Bay Area 23


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Neartermist EA has historically focused on a fairly narrow range of interventions, evaluating causes solely on their effects on physical health or income. However, this risks excluding a broad range of interventions that improve lives through other avenues.

In this talk, Joy Bittner (Vida Plena) and Ben Williamson (Maternal Health Initiative) are situating their work in broader conversations about the direction of the movement more broadly and are sharing lessons they’ve learned from launching evidence-based organizations.
Maternal Health Initiative is an evidence-based organization committed to expanding access to family planning. Vida Plena is a non-profit which provides evidence-based depression treatment to local communities and refugees. Both organisations are former Charity Entrepreneurship incubatees.

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