The Worm Wars

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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• 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

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