We give cash incentives to encourage childhood vaccinations.

“This is one of the most cost-effective ways
we’ve found to save a life
- GiveWell

Some of the toughest charity evaluators and funders in the world rank New Incentives at the top of their list.

Founders Pledge

We have an ambitious goal to reach 8.7 million infants by 2026.

1,600,000

Infants Reached

4,500,000

Cash Disbursments

10,000,000

Vaccinations Encouraged

$17

Cost Per Infant

Our Plan

A randomized controlled trial found that our program led to

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108%

Increase in Full Vaccination Coverage1

62%

Increase in Timely Vaccination of Measles 12

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180%

Increase in Clinics Avoiding Stockouts3

1Relative to 25% full vaccination coverage (BCG, three doses of Penta, and Measles 1) rate in the control group
2Relative to 53% of timely Measles 1 vaccination in the control group
3Relative to 10% of clinics reporting no stockouts in the control group

Where We Work

We work in northern Nigeria, a region that has one of the lowest immunization rates in the world and also some of the highest child mortality rates.

An estimated 40 percent of deaths of children under five in Nigeria are from vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Every 19 seconds, an individual dies from a disease that could have been prevented by a vaccine.

Children living in low-income, unstable regions are the most vulnerable.

25 million

children missed out on vaccination in 2021

18x higher

rate of under-five deaths in Nigeria
compared to the United States

Svetha Janumpalli tells the story of how she founded New Incentives and how it became one of the most cost-effective charities in the world.

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2021 Annual Report

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