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The project will train a group of rural women belonging to the Organization of Campensinas and Indigenous Women (CONAMURI) to facilitate workshops on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in their communities. 15 communities spread across six Paraguayan administrative departments will be involved; these are communities in which CONAMURI already has a strong presence. Through these workshops, the project aims to improve women’s (as well as some young men’s) knowledge of SRHR. A mass media campaign through community radio will alsobe initiated to raise knowledge and awareness about SRHR. Linkages to SGBV and SRHRH services will be provided through project activities.

…for further evaluation and fitted for glasses, and 220 children attended group therapy sessions as part of the mental health program. Based on the pilot at Nightingales English School and experience in the other schools, AddressHealth has formulated a business plan for expansion of these services, to establish 35 such school clinics in the next…

…deaf people improve their speech, by providing visual feedback. Outcome Four deaf children undergoing training using the V-Hearing technology can now recognize 20–30 Chinese words and 10 English words. While visual sound waves might differ when the same word is spoken by different individuals, studies have shown that, with training, children are able to understand and interpret…

…also collects self-reported data on pain, mood and wellness. The App helps users interpret different Emojis, provide targeted evidence based sexual and reproductive health and wellness information in English, Kannada, and other local languages and link users to licensed and quality health care providers. The Emoji Pendant and App is being piloted with a cohort of…

…1 to 3 years old whose brain development is hindered by lack of adequate stimulation. The Steps Brain Booster Program enables caregivers to offer quality cognitive stimulation activities, through an integrated in-class coaching and recognition program, dynamic and easy-to-use lesson plans and state-of-the-art educational equipment. The multidisciplinary modules involve psychomotor activities, socioemotional learning, language development, musical sensibility and artistic expression. The kit includes over 50…

…accordingly – which interferes with quorum sensing (QS), whereby bacteria coordinate gene expression according to the density of their local population. Solution The project team developed a product named "Quenchobac" – comprising QQ bacteria, a carrier and bio stimulants – for cost-effective, ecologically safe and sustainable bacterial disease management in vegetables. The strategy involved harvesting QQ…15%–18% and decreases pesticide use by up to 28%. The product does not contain any synthetic antibiotics or pesticides, and so does not lead to multi-drug resistance, residual toxicity or persistence in the environment. As a result of the study, 168 people were engaged in this activity, including 120 labourers equally selected from three districts.

Issue Lack of access to affordable menstrual pads by women and school girls causes significant costs to their health, education, productivity and dignity. In Rwanda, despite great achievements in the country's education system, school absenteeism for girls remains a challenge, greatly affecting their performance. Lack of sanitary pads for girls during their menstrual periods is…hygiene conference in Nairobi. The producers are currently looking for commercial partners to assist in scaling the product. The long-term goal of the project is to deliver more affordable, eco-friendly menstrual pads to 250,000 girls by 2017, by establishing sustainable and profitable businesses. A total of $100,000 was received from unnamed sources for the project.

Issue There is a great need for fresh water in many low-income countries, such as Vietnam. Water purification is required to meet the daily needs of remote populations, but the most impacted regions also lack the energy required for current purification or desalination processes. Solution The objective of the project was to develop a scalable,…salt solution. A three-level device was developed to demonstrate scalability and was found to have a three-fold improvement in functional density over current planar designs. Other scale-up activities for the project have not yet been completed, as the project team remains focused on developing the prototype. However, co-funding and additional support is being sought. Information…

…problem is the growing prevalence of TB with multi-drug resistance (MDR) and extensive-drug resistance (XDR). The most common TB diagnostic methods are sputum smear microscopy, which lacks sensitivity, and liquid broth culture, which is sensitive but time-consuming and requires infrastructure. Solution The primary objective of this project was to develop a novel assay that can…for four major bacteria cell line models (M. smegmatis, M.marinum, M. H37Ra, M. chromogenicum) exposed to four major TB drugs currently in use (rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and kanamycin). The project has received funding from two Engage Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) of $25,000 each (total $50,000); the Ontario…

…that lead to colorectal cancer. The prototype is made of four PCB modules, each having a diameter of 16mm and total length of 36mm. The system has smartdevice connectivity, enabling remote diagnosis and monitoring.Two different Android apps have been developed for both data (or image) storing (named WCE Logger) and image viewing and analysis (WCE Viewer). WCE Logger is used to record data and as a real-time viewer. A user can change image size,…