GiveWell cost-effectiveness analysis of PLA-MNH (Participatory Learning & Action - Maternal and Neonatal Health) (public)

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S
1		Chad	Mali	Angola	Nigeria	Uganda	Mozambique	Cote d'ivoire	Central African Republic	South Sudan	Malawi	Sierra Leone	Liberia	Ethiopia	Pakistan	Nepal	Bangladesh	India	Notes

2	Intervention area population	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	Arbitrary
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12	Untreated outcomes
13	Births in cohort	4,229	4,136	4,058	3,783	3,733	3,761	3,599	3,592	3,529	3,396	3,312	3,314	3,222	2,822	1,959	1,798	1,768	Calc
15	Livebirths in cohort without PLA	4,113	4,054	3,978	3,699	3,666	3,679	3,515	3,485	3,427	3,341	3,234	3,234	3,142	2,735	1,925	1,754	1,743	Calc
16	Maternal deaths in cohort without PLA	47	23	10	34	14	11	22	29	39	12	36	21	13	4	4	3	3	Calc
17	Neonatal deaths in cohort without PLA	137	130	110	133	73	105	116	138	132	66	101	105	87	113	38	33	38	Calc
18	Child deaths in cohort without PLA	320	243	182	290	93	163	157	235	190	72	245	163	71	68	21	20	22	Calc
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20	Treatment effects of PLA
32	Adjusted PLA percent reduction of maternal mortality	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	Calc
33	Adjusted PLA percent reduction of neonatal mortality	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	Calc
34	Adjusted PLA percent reduction of post-neonatal child mortality	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	Calc
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36	Maternal deaths averted by PLA	19.94	9.69	4.08	14.43	5.85	4.52	9.22	12.29	16.76	4.96	15.40	9.09	5.36	1.63	1.52	1.29	1.08	Calc
37	Neonatal deaths averted by PLA	39.19	37.32	31.42	37.99	20.98	30.08	33.27	39.66	37.89	18.94	28.88	30.03	24.86	32.29	10.91	9.58	10.82	Calc
38	Post-neonatal child deaths averted by PLA	18.82	14.28	10.71	17.05	5.46	9.60	9.24	13.83	11.16	4.20	14.37	9.60	4.15	4.01	1.22	1.18	1.26	Calc
39	Deaths averted (excluding stillbirths)	77.95	61.28	46.20	69.47	32.29	44.21	51.73	65.78	65.81	28.10	58.66	48.72	34.37	37.93	13.65	12.05	13.16	Calc
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41	Units of value generated from one maternal death averted	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115	115
42	Units of value generated from one neonatal death averted	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84
43	Units of value generated from one post-neonatal child death averted	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110
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45	Total value from mortality averted	7,655	5,819	4,286	6,726	3,036	4,103	4,872	6,266	6,338	2,624	5,778	4,624	3,161	3,341	1,226	1,083	1,171	Calc
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47	Costs
48	Annual cost per person in intervention area	$2.53	$2.51	$2.50	$2.47	$2.46	$2.46	$2.44	$2.44	$2.43	$2.42	$2.40	$2.40	$2.39	$2.34	$2.22	$2.20	$2.20	See "Full Cost Breakdown" tab
49	Total costs	$252,538	$251,492	$250,439	$246,667	$246,092	$246,373	$244,146	$243,900	$243,071	$241,570	$240,271	$240,282	$239,030	$233,525	$222,098	$219,828	$219,552	Calc
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51	Initial results
56	Initial cost-effectiveness estimate in multiples of cash transfers	9.0	6.9	5.1	8.1	3.7	5.0	6.0	7.7	7.8	3.2	7.2	5.7	3.9	4.3	1.6	1.5	1.6	Calc based on the value of cash transfers from our GiveDirectly CEA
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58	Percent of total units of value generated from maternal mortality averted	30%	19%	11%	25%	22%	13%	22%	23%	30%	22%	31%	23%	19%	6%	14%	14%	11%	Calc
59	Percent of total units of value generated from neonatal child mortality averted	43%	54%	62%	47%	58%	62%	57%	53%	50%	61%	42%	55%	66%	81%	75%	74%	78%	Calc
60	Percent of total units of value generated from post-neonatal mortality averted	27%	27%	27%	28%	20%	26%	21%	24%	19%	18%	27%	23%	14%	13%	11%	12%	12%	Calc
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161	Results after leverage / funging adjustment
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163	Total units of value generated, after accounting for leverage/funging	7,955	5,983	4,337	6,984	3,013	4,161	5,000	6,503	6,585	2,592	5,996	4,753	3,184	3,406	1,185	1,043	1,140
164	Units of value generated per philanthropic dollar spent, after accounting for leverage/funging	0.041	0.031	0.022	0.036	0.015	0.021	0.026	0.033	0.034	0.013	0.031	0.024	0.016	0.017	0.006	0.005	0.006	Calc
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166	Cost-effectiveness in multiples of cash transfers, after all adjustments	12.1	9.1	6.6	10.7	4.6	6.4	7.6	9.9	10.1	4.0	9.2	7.3	4.9	5.2	1.8	1.6	1.7	Calc based on the value of cash transfers from our GiveDirectly CEA
167	% change in cost-effectiveness from leverage and funging	25%	23%	20%	22%	16%	19%	19%	20%	20%	13%	18%	17%	14%	13%	2%	1%	1%	Calc
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