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Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet

Nature
Nature reports on J-PAL Affiliate Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak's randomized evaluation in Bangladesh, which found high effectiveness of surgical masks in preventing Covid-19 spread, but lower effectiveness of cloth masks.

What Research Says About the Best Way to Spend Money Now to Solve Homelessness Long-Term

Next City
Rohit Naimpally and Laina Sonterblum from J-PAL North America write about the evidence from randomized evaluations on countering homelessness and housing instability in the United States.

Randomized study of mask-wearing illustrates their importance in preventing the spread COVID-19

The World
J-PAL affiliate Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak speaks about his recent work on a randomized evaluation set up to demonstrate the effectiveness of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-10 across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh.

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19

NBC News
NBC News reports on J-PAL affiliate Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak's randomized evaluation conducted in Bangladesh that found that even some adoption of surgical masks made a positive difference in preventing the spread of Covid-19.

August 2021 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's August newsletter features our new qualitative blog series "Strengthening randomized evaluations with qualitative research;" new results from a randomized evaluation of a nationwide Facebook messaging campaign featuring physician-recorded video messages; and a blog post sharing...

Schools Will Spend Millions on Tutoring This Year — Here’s How to Do It Right

Education Post
Kimberly Dadisman from J-PAL North America writes about how evidence-based research can be used to improve the effectiveness of tutoring programs.

Social media messages from health care workers help reduce travel-related Covid-19 spread

MIT News
J-PAL North America highlights a nationwide evaluation on the impact of social media messaging on reducing holiday travel and decreasing subsequent Covid-19 infection rates.

Messages from healthcare workers delivered over Facebook reached millions, reducing 2020 holiday travel and Covid-19 spread

A randomized evaluation of a nationwide information campaign on Facebook found that short messages from physicians and nurses had a significant impact on reducing holiday travel and decreasing subsequent Covid-19 infection rates. Researchers found that the campaign, which reached almost 30 million...