“How We’re Searching for the Best Ways to Help in 2026” by GiveWell

This post was originally published on the GiveWell blog. You can view the original version here. This year, our research team is focused on two primary goals. The first is to scale our capabilities so we’re able to move much more donor funding to highly cost-effective programs in the next few years. The second is to grant at least $500 million to the best opportunities we can find this year to save and improve lives. Over the past several years, GiveWell has doubled the size of our research team to deepen and broaden our search for highly impactful programs. Our 60 researchers are now distributed among 11 subteams that cover a number of global health and development cause areas, as well as core research needs. Below you’ll find a summary of the key approaches each subteam is using this year to find new opportunities to help people in need as much as we can. Malaria People: Marinella Capriati, Zoe Hartman Malaria, which is caused by a parasite transmitted when people are bitten by infected mosquitoes, is a leading cause of death globally, especially for young children in Africa, who make up around 70% of the approximately 600,000 malaria deaths [...] --- Outline: (01:04) Malaria (01:48) Antimalarial Medicines (03:55) Malaria Vector Control (05:44) Malaria Cross-Cutting Research (07:31) Nutrition (10:12) Vaccination (12:25) Water (15:23) Livelihoods (17:37) New Areas (19:57) Cross-Cutting Research (22:34) Research Support and Operations (22:55) Research Operations (23:52) Commons --- First published: June 1st, 2026 Source: --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO .