On World Aids Day (December 1, 2013) Dr Nitika Pant Pai, one of our grantees, reveals early findings about the HIV-related project she is working on. In a new study, researchers and scientists from McGill University in Canada and the University of Cape Town in South Africa proved that the innovative, synergistic, tailored internet and paper based, oral fluid based HIV self-testing strategy can be safely operationalized for linkages.
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Women Deliver 2013: Grand Challenges Canada tackles barriers to women’s health – Part II
As many as 200 million children fail to reach their full developmental potential from exposure to risk factors–malnutrition, infection, poor management of pregnancy, birth complications, and lack of stimulation and nurturing–in the first 1,000 days of life…
Meet the Innovator: FINCON
Shahid Yusaf describes his project as “the McDonald’s for health care service – but without the supersize.” Yusaf is president of FINCON services…
Meet the Innovator: UBC
Over five billion cell phones are now scattered across the globe. Integral to our daily lives, cell phones are used to make calls, to send messages, even to access the internet…
International Women’s Day
On March 8, 2012, International Women’s Day, Grand Challenges Canada salutes amazing women innovators and their bold ideas…