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Non-communicable disease care integration into HIV and MCH/FP programmes in Kenya
…importance of the prevailing burden of NCDs in the Kenyan setting to the attention of policy-makers/administrators, healthcare workers, patients and the community. This has led to a change in attitudes and practices, driving a move to create policies for prevention and control by the policy-making stakeholders, the expansion of scope of care afforded to patients…
Reshaping social norms to end female genital mutilation
…African countries: Senegal, Nigeria, Gambia and Burkina Faso. Their innovative approach addresses the social norms that support the continuation of FGM through three integrated elements: (i) social change communication training using a Training of Trainers model, (ii) providing small grants to support critical skills transfer at the community level through a co-financing mechanism and iii)…
Meet the Youth and Lived Experience Advisors Supporting Being!
…those with lived experience with mental health issues, should be centred in all aspects of the initiative and help create an ecosystem that drives positive and lasting change for their wellbeing. Being’s Youth and Lived Experience Advisory Groups launched last month to promote further the participation of young people and people with lived experience in…
Aakar Innovations: How a social enterprise empowers women through menstrual hygiene and health
…sanitary pads and menstrual health education to women and girls in rural India, Aakar went on to develop India’s first certified 100% compostable sanitary napkin. Women driving social change Aakar’s approach is simple: Sanitary pads are produced at local productions hubs, which are fully run and operated by women. The production hubs provide job opportunities for women,…
Aakar Innovations: How a social enterprise empowers women through menstrual hygiene and health
…pads and menstrual health education to women and girls in rural India, Aakar went on to develop India's first certified 100% compostable sanitary napkin. Women driving social change Aakar’s approach is simple: Sanitary pads are produced at local productions hubs, which are fully run and operated by women. The production hubs provide job opportunities for…
Grand Challenges Canada helps bring clear sight to low-income workers in India
…impaired vision[i] to the global economy has been estimated to be a whopping $202 billion[ii], and low-income individuals are disproportionately affected by this loss. It’s time we change this. Uncorrected vision impairment causes headaches, decreases productivity, and can lead to loss of income. The good news is that a pair of glasses can increase productivity…
TakaTaka Solutions: How innovation in recycling saves water and lives
…able to reach our current volume of collected waste suggests the kind of impact we are able to have at the household level. We are beginning to change behavior, giving people in low-income areas attractive and affordable alternatives to their typical waste disposal measures. Faith Njema, our recycling point manager in Githogoro, can see evidence…
Making street food in Bangladesh safer and healthier
…street vendors. Instead of attempting to apply a brand new innovation, the intervention adopted the World Health Organizations’s Five Keys to Safer Food programme and developed a behavioural change communication intervention; 100 street food vendors in Dhaka city were provided with safe food handling training and were offered a low-cost, plastic water jar made of food…
Let’s talk about global mental health
…were less likely to get infections. But the thing that seemed to make the difference was what was done with the knowledge. Instead of simply telling parents to change the diet of their children, feed them more often and wash their hands, they designed a program of behavioural change. They developed feeding sessions. But to enter, a…
Max Foundation wins Grand Challenges Canada’s Rotman Innovation of the Year Award
—Through their ‘Healthy Village’ approach, Max Foundation is creating lasting change for children and their communities in Bangladesh — Toronto, December 14, 2023 —The Max Foundation has been awarded the prestigious Rotman Innovation of the Year Award for their work to ensure healthy growth and prevent stunting for children in Bangladesh. The CAD $10,000 award…