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Organizations have announced further funding opportunities to address the global COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a list of some of the funding opportunities available for you and your organization to help combat COVID-19 around the world.   Islamic Development Bank Call for Innovation via Transform Fund 2020 The Islamic Development Banks has announced the ‘Transform Fund Call …funding opportunities that meet your need. Deadline: N/A Learn more Open Road Alliance Response to COVID-19 The Open Road Alliance has funding opportunities ranging from charitable grants up to $100,000 USD and loans in amounts up to $1 million USD. Their loan program covers lost even revenue, accelerating incoming emergency funds, and co-investing to support…innovations. They have a databased webpage of the various grant opportunities available around the world. Deadline: N/A Learn more Co-Creation Hub Call for Projects - Funding and Design Support for COVID-19 Projects The Co-Creation Hub is looking to fund and provide research and design support via their Design Lab for COVID-19 related projects. Deadline: N/A…

…and microbiologic safety of flash-heated treatment of breast milk: preventing postnatal transmission of HIV through modifying breast-feeding practices in developing countries." World Breast Feeding week (August 1 to 7) is an important reminder about breast milk’s distinct and irreplaceable value to the human infant, and an opportunity to advocate the importance of breast feeding for better health and the healthy development of infants. [caption id="attachment_14402" align="alignleft" width="200"] Mother Flash Heating Breast Milk[/caption] Breastfeeding provides numerous short and long-term benefits for both mother…of where they live. According to WHO, the optimal feeding pattern for overall child survival is exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months and continued breast-feeding for up to 2 years and beyond, with complementary feeding from the age of 6 months. Sadly, HIV-infected mothers may transmit the virus to their infants through breast feeding.…

— Funds will be used to support early child development and education innovations in hard-to-reach communities impacted by emergencies — [embed]https://youtu.be/iNQxzJF4ml0[/embed] Toronto/Geneva, December 13, 2023 — The LEGO Foundation announced a USD $10M grant to Grand Challenges Canada to support Inclusive Learning in Crisis Settings, a new humanitarian grand challenge focused on supporting locally-led innovations for early childhood development and education in emergency settings. The announcement was made at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, the world’s largest gathering on refugees. The…increased fivefold since 2013. More than 400 million children are currently living in areas of conflict and an estimated 1 billion children are living in areas of significant vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. Inclusive Learning in Crisis Settings will support locally-led, systems-focused innovations that provide quality early child development and education programs and…CAD $250,000 each to develop, test, and refine their innovations. The funds will also be used to provide approximately CAD $300,000 – $1,500,000 in transition-to-scale funding of up to seven proven innovations to ensure the most promising interventions reach large numbers of children in need. “We are thrilled to be forging this partnership with the…children, their families, caregivers and communities face. Through the lessons from this program, we hope to inform and influence the child development ecosystem as a whole. We invite other partners to join us and grow it to a global initiative.” “For over a decade, Grand Challenges Canada has supported locally-led innovation focused on healthy early…

Dr. Nathalie Charpak is a pediatrician and the director of the Kangaroo Foundation. She received a grant for her  project in Colombia: ‘Randomized Open Controlled Trial on Kangraoo Mother Care versus Traditional Care for Low Birth Weight Infants: Patient Centered Outcomes at the Age of 18 years’. An alternative to the traditional method Four million children die every year worldwide during their first month of life, and in more than one third of cases, these deaths occur…of caring for low birth weight children. It was created in 1978 (by Dr. Edgar Rey Sanabria) in a large public maternity of Bogota, Colombia, to make up for the lack of incubators, avoid frequent neglect caused by prolonged separation of the child from the mother and intra-hospital infections due to congestion of the pediatric…showed that KMC could not only reduce infant mortality but also morbidity, allowing better cognitive development of the most vulnerable children, fostering a better mother-child relationship and promoting maternal nutrition. An ambitious and unique study supported by Grand Challenges Canada (funded by the Government of Canada) has just been completed in Colombia; it was performed…

…Twitter at @Kulsumkhn.    Grand Challenges Canada and the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) co-hosted the conference “Solving the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Partnering for Impact at Scale” in Toronto, Canada in June. This successful three day conference brought together innovators, researchers, partners and policymakers to: Shine a spotlight on evidence-based innovations…and expand the development and impact of innovations, including exploring strategies and opportunities for scaling, sharing lessons learned and further developing the skills and capacity of innovators to scale, and foster new partnerships for improving mental health globally through innovation and research.   [caption id="attachment_20086" align="aligncenter" width="635"] Solving the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health[/caption]…a platform to discuss a variety of topics including: Cost-effective training enabling high quality and sustainable mental health care service provision closer to communities Improving prevention and promotion in communities through schools, churches and leader groups Evidence based models for training traditional healers, faith based leaders, religious communities and nurses Shared Learning Innovators and policymakers had an opportunity to bring together their knowledge and experiences implementing and scaling up their project and mental health programs towards the common goal of reducing the current mental health gap. This shared learning process allowed innovators to exchange how their…

…what is most likely a common discussion of parents with two children: ‘do we have a third?’ A number of factors came into play. Do we want to go through the terrible morning sickness and the ups and downs of pregnancy? Do we really want to go back to diaper-ville? Do we need a bigger house, a bigger car? Do we want to give up the uninterrupted sleep we currently enjoy (and love)? Do golf courses accept five-somes? And how will our family dynamic change with a third son or our first…flow of blood to the placenta is reduced. Among other things, one of the symptoms is a steep increase of blood pressure. It can be quite dangerous for an unborn baby and, if the condition develops into eclampsia, the blood pressure will become extremely high, putting both mother and baby at risk. Although it cannot…it can be effectively managed. Early detection – by measuring blood pressure and oxygen levels in the blood – is essential, in order to trace any early signs of pre-eclampsia. While all this may seem evident in Canada, it is by far not the case in resource-limited regions. Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is the second leading…

Raised as a member of the Haida Nation on Haida Gwaii, a small group of islands off the coast of British Columbia, Patrick Shannon developed a passion for storytelling. According to oral history, Haida Gwaii has been inhabited for over 15,000 years, with a history shaped by geography and shared traditions. Patrick dreamed of seeing himself and the…peoples who have occupied this land since time immemorial. “Indigenous Peoples tend to be the least represented in media out of any ethnic group within the country. Up until recently, Indigenous Peoples were typically never allowed to be storytellers. Indigenous storytelling can often be dramatically different than Western storytelling styles. For us, we don’t take…their own stories and start reinforcing our narratives in modern mainstream media, which traditionally we have been excluded from,” said Patrick. The Collective is especially interested in promoting digital storytelling. Bringing together talented artists such as Rhona Lee McIsaac, an Anishnaubek journalist, writer, and artist, and Raven Ann, a multidisciplinary artist renowned for her performances…

Reflections from Suhas Monga , Portfolio Manager, Global Health Innovation at Grand Challenges Canada During a recent visit to the Lamu Archipelago, Suhas Monga, Global Health Innovation Portfolio Manager at Grand Challenges Canada, witnessed firsthand the transformative work of Safari Doctors, an organization dedicated to providing essential healthcare services to some of Kenya’s most remote…Doctors bring healthcare to the people who live on the area’s 65 islands. Lamu County, which includes the Lamu Archipelago, on Kenya’s northern coast , is renowned for its natural beauty. Yet, its remoteness presents formidable challenges in accessing healthcare due to geographic isolation and security concerns. Safari Doctors is a homegrown non-profit organization that…My journey with them began immediately upon landing, as the Safari Doctors team, accompanied by armed personnel from the Kenya Border Force for security reasons, picked me up straight from the airport for an outreach mission. The Safari Doctors team comprises clinicians, nurses, nurse assistants, Youth Health Ambassador (YHA) trainers, and other dedicated members, including…was established after five years of outreach and data-sharing efforts with the county government. During our visit, the challenges became starkly clear.  The Community health worker (CHW) assigned to the health post was unavailable at the site due to security concerns. Instead, Safari Doctors had trained a 17-year-old youth from the community as a Youth…