On November 22, 2012, Grand Challenges Canada announced 68 grants awarded to 17 innovators in Canada and 51 innovators in the developing world for their bold and creative ideas to tackle health conditions in poor countries. The projects were submitted in response to Stars in Global Health – Round 3, a program that supports exceptional innovators who have Bold Ideas with Big Impact in the area of global health, and who are based either in Canada or in low- or lower-middle-income countries. The projects that received funding are summarized below, listed in alphabetical order by country. Click on the project links to read the project summary, watch a short video and download images.
Click HERE for the News Release (Canada). Click HERE for the News Release (International).
68 Result(s) Found.
Silk Route Training and Research Organization
Afghanistan
Kayhan Natiq
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Anisuddin Ahmed
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Jahangir Khan
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Jasim Uddin
University of Abomey-Calavi
Benin
Thiery Alavo
Chantal Biya International Reference Center for HIV/AIDS Yaounde Cameroon
Cameroon
Godwin Wapimewah Nchinda
McGill University
Canada
Philippe Archambault
University of British Columbia
Canada
Robin Evans
University of Alberta
Canada
Julianne Gibbs-Davis
World Wide Hearing Foundation International
Canada
Gunnar Grass
McGill University
Canada
Kirsten Johnson
McGill University
Canada
David Juncker
University of British Columbia
Canada
Christian Kastrup
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Canada
Hanna Kienzler
Dalhousie University
Canada
Patricia Livingston
University of Toronto
Canada
Cheng Lu
University of British Columbia
Canada
Hongshen Ma
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Canada
Valéry Ridde
Micronutrient Initiative
Canada
Marion Roche
McMaster University
Canada
Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy
McMaster University
Canada
Leyla Soleymani
Université de Montréal
Canada
Alexis Vallée-Bélisle
Queen's University
Canada
Karen Yeates
University of Ghana
Ghana
Anthony Ablordey
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ghana
Bright Kwakye-Awuah
University of Ghana
Ghana
Gabriella Nanci
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ghana
Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko
Konbit Sante
Haiti
Megan Coffee
Fonkoze
Haiti
Wesly Elize
Konbit Sante
Haiti
Sasha Kramer
AYZH Health and Livelihood Pvt Ltd
India
Zubaida Bai
Consure Medical Private Limited
India
Nishith Chasmawala, Amit K. Sharma
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
India
Deepak Gaur
Vi-Shwas
India
Vishal Marwah
Gram Vaani Community Media Pvt. Ltd.
India
Aaditeshwar Seth
IKP Knowledge Park
India
Nitin Sisodia
Government Medical College (Kozhikode)
India
Jayakrishnan Thavody
Padjadjaran University
Indonesia
Lidya Chaidir
Maseno University
Kenya
Harrysone Atieli
Engenderhealth
Kenya
Quentin Awori
Moi University College of Health Sciences
Kenya
Judy Gichoya
Vestergaard Frandsen
Kenya
John Haskew
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Board
Kenya
Imran Manji
Caucus for Women's Leadership
Kenya
Kalkidan Mulugeta
Kenyatta University
Kenya
Margaret Ng'ang'a
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya
Lazarus Odeny
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Benson Wamalwa
Onom Foundation
Mongolia
Naranjargal Dashdorj
Grupo Cabal
Nicaragua
Schery Umanzor
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
Nigéria
Sally Akarolo-Anthony
Naya Jeevan Welfare Organization
Pakistan
Asher Hasan
Dow University of Health Sciences
Pakistan
Sabeena Jalal
Pakistan National Forum for Women's Health
Pakistan
Mishal Khan
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Pakistan
Shariq Khoja
Sustainable Health Enterprises
Rwanda
Julian Kayibanda
Espoir pour la Santé
Senegal
Nicolas Jouanard
Ifakara Health Institute
Tanzania
Magreth John Kagashe
Makerere University
Uganda
Savannah Mwesigwa
Makerere University
Uganda
Damalie Nakanjako
Makerere University
Uganda
Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu
Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation Limited
Uganda
Alex Tumukunde
Makerere University
Uganda
Raymond Tweheyo
Makerere University
Uganda
Peter Waiswa
Research and Training Center for Community Development
Vietnam
Trang Nguyen Thi Thu
Innovations for Poverty Action-Zambia (IPAZ)
Zambia
Nava Ashraf
Cavendish University of Zambia
Zambia
Pascalina Chanda-Kapata
University Teaching Hospital
Zambia
Ureshnie Govender
RuralNet
Zambia
Rohit Ramchandani
68 Result(s) Found.
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