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Roughly $5,000 to avert a death

GiveWell estimates it costs approximately $5,000 to avert the death of someone who would otherwise have died from malaria, lack of immunization, or other childhood illness, serving as a benchmark for cost-effectiveness.

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Speaker

Elie Hassenfeld

Evidence Quote

about $5,000 per life saved is a way of just having a benchmark for what we're talking about here

Source

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWellEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:29:30 AM

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