{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GiveWell Conversations","title":"Malaria Funding at a Crossroads: July 18, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2146,"description":"Malaria is the cause area where GiveWell has directed the most funding over our 18-year history. We’ve recommended over $1 billion to malaria programs, which we estimate will avert over 200,000 deaths, mostly in young children, through support for programs like Against Malaria Foundation’s insecticide-treated nets and Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention.Despite significant progress against malaria in the past 25 years, malaria is still a leading cause of death globally for children under five. The current status of malaria prevention—and all the progress that’s been made—is now in a precarious position. Significant reductions in funding from key donors like the US President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund are anticipated and threaten to create substantial new gaps in life-saving malaria programs.In this episode, GiveWell CEO and co-founder Elie Hassenfeld speaks with Program Officer Alex Bowles and Senior Researcher Rosie Bettle about the impacts these funding cuts could have. They offer a timely look at the uncertainty of the funding landscape, the life-saving malaria programs that are most at risk, and how GiveWell is leveraging its expertise to respond to emerging needs.Elie, Alex, and Rosie discuss:The impact of foreign aid funding cuts: Significant funding cuts for malaria are expected, potentially in the range of 20% to 30%. This has prompted the Global Fund to instruct recipient countries to prepare for cuts across its malaria programs, forcing countries to reorganize entire malaria campaigns in just two months—a process that normally takes a full year.Program prioritization decisions: Countries are facing difficult choices as a result of reduced funding and will have to cut some programs. Highly cost-effective malaria prevention programs are at a high risk of being deprioritized to ensure malaria treatment remains available for people who are already sick. This is concerning because these prevention tools, such as...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-u3xe4YYytsIA-MwiMODoBW-Emt4SwBumSBMmblDbUM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNTc2/MzVhY2UyNmY0ZTZl/MzYwNmZkOGVlMGU3/NDYyMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}