The LEGO Foundation announced a USD $10M grant to Grand Challenges Canada today 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.
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Browse our Innovations and ResultsPosts Tagged: Saving Brains
Helping mothers with their parenting skills in rural Colombia
On March 8, International Women’s Day, Grand Challenges Canada features two women Innovators who are helping other women to overcome the struggles and issues they face.
IDW #1 – Improving mental health of caregivers of children with Nodding Syndrome
February 1 to February 7 marks International Development Week (IDW), celebrating Canada’s contribution to international development, especially in improving the health of women and children. The theme this year is “We are making a difference!” The entire week, Grand Challenges Canada will publish short success stories, showing how our Bold Ideas with Big impact are […]
Theories of Change and Common Metrics Drive Search for Big Impact in Global Health
Grand Challenges Canada funds the full scope of innovations – scientific, technological, social and business – that are needed to address the enormous health challenges that burden low- and middle-income countries.
Learning clubs for mothers’ health and infant development in rural Vietnam
Mother’s Day, celebrated internationally, reminds us of the inestimable social contribution that women make to the world as they care for their fetuses, newborns, infants and young children. Most mothers are living in the world’s resource constrained low- and lower-middle income countries. Many are experiencing crowded housing; lack of access to healthcare, clean water and sanitation; food insecurity and exposure to gender-based violence while caring for their children.
Canada is helping to defeat malaria by investing in the future through 40 innovative projects
Grand Challenges Canada supports 40 innovations addressing malaria in the developing world.
We care about what we measure and measure what we care about: Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada partner on Saving Brains
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has joined the Saving Brains initiative by launching ‘Develop New Ways to Measure Fetal and Infant Brain Development’. Jeff Murray, Interim Deputy Director in Family Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Karlee Silver, VP Targeted Challenges, Grand Challenges Canada reflect on why investing in the early years of life in an effective way can result in healthy and productive members of our future society.
Fostering a community of innovators to inspire and empower a generation
During his State Visit to India, Governor General David Johnston attended the Global Health Innovation Round Table, organized by Grand Challenges Canada. He met with innovators and government representatives on the theme of innovation and global health challenges. Dr. Vishwajeet Kumar was one of our innovators who joined the discussion and shares his thoughts.
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…
What Kangaroos Taught Us about Healthy Babies
Kangaroo Mother Care saves lives – Drs. Charpak and Tessier are showing it also saves brains, and helps children reach their full potential.