Low- and Middle-Income Countries Stars in Global Health

Program Information

This program aims to support innovation in low- and middle-income countries by co-funding
Phase II grantees selected by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations’ Grand Challenges Explorations program.   For more information about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations program, click HERE.

Click on the links below to learn more about the projects that have been funded through this joint initiative:

The “Electronic Nose”: A Bold New Innovation to Sniff Out Tuberculosis from a Patient’s Breath is Awarded Funding

On Nov 7, 2011 a new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, was awarded a $950,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support further development and testing of this ground-breaking technology. The funding will help determine whether the Electronic Nose is able to detect TB immediately and non-invasively from the patient’s breath, in order to replace time-consuming testing with sputum. It is estimated that up to 400,000 lives a year can be saved in the developing world by early diagnosis, immediate treatment and reduced transmission of this killer disease…..more

 

Smelly Socks could be the Key to Preventing Malaria Deaths in the Developing World

On July 13, 2011 Grand Challenges Canada announced a grant to support further development of a new innovative device to attract and kill mosquitoes that can transmit malaria. Developed by Dr. Fredros Okumu (Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania), the device is placed outside the home and is the outdoor complement to bed nets and sprays which protect people from infection in their homes….more

McGill Awarded $1-Million Grant to Address Debilitating Parasitic Diseases in the
Developing World

On Jan 24, 2011 McGill University and McGill University scientist Dr. Timothy Geary received a $1-million grant today for landmark research into addressing parasitic diseases through medicines derived from African biodiversity. Grand Challenges Canada, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have joined together to support this important research which provides a significant Canadian contribution to a serious global health issue…..more

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