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…of waste being removed from communities that would otherwise have been dumped untreated into nearby rivers and waterways. The Rotman Family warmly congratulates Fresh Life on being named the third annual winner of the Award.” Lindsay Stradley, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fresh Life, added: “We are grateful to be recognized among many innovators all…innovations that seek to demonstrate evidence of real-world impact through addressing climate-sensitive health risks over a 12- to 18-month period. Funds requested should be commensurate with the activities outlined in the proposal. New registrations will be accepted until December 15, 2022. Applications will be accepted until December 22, 2022. https://www.grandchallenges.ca/funding-opportunities/   -30- About Grand Challenges…

…in Rajasthan, India. At that time, Suhasini was living with her husband, mother-in-law and children at the officer’s quarters in the air force station. An ‘aandhi’ (that’s Hindi for squally dust storm), was raging over the area. The howling, billowing winds outside mirrored the pain within her, finally unleashed, unable to be borne any more.…facilitator. To supplement her income, she works at the Bistro, a social enterprise run by formerly homeless women with mental illness. Engaged in facilitation of daily living activities, from care of herself and shopping to leisure exploration, Suhasini says that, in the process of enabling other women like her but with higher clinical needs, she…

Dr Rempel is Associate Professor of Nursing at Brock University and co-principal investigator of the Saving Brains project "Father's Involvement: Saving Brains in Vietnam." Her research focuses on health behaviour decision-making and the development and evaluation of health promotion interventions. It’s early evening in a village in Vietnam. Over the community loudspeaker out on the street,…hearing the message that it is good for fathers to work as a team with mothers to care for their babies. This broadcast is one of several activities that have been funded by a Grand Challenges Canada Saving Brains seed-grant. More than 400 new fathers will be getting small group counselling, individual prenatal and post-birth…

…than the general population. Ifakara Health Institute (Tanzania) is designing portable and low-cost huts that are both fire-proof and mosquito-proof to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses, and hence increase productivity of these itinerant farming households. Outdoor mosquito control   Another project from Ifakara Health Institute, co-funded with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is developing an innovative device…and simple nucleic acid extraction device and isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay that can be used at the village level by minimally trained personnel. A project in Vietnam, by National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, aims to develop a patient-to-chip microfludics component for the collection and processing of whole blood into plasma and cells for downstream…

…(Ghana) aims to disinfect groundwater using ceramic filters that are impregnated with silver zeolite particles, showing high efficiency in the removal of bacteria. In emerging countries like Vietnam, small-scale farmers have limited health knowledge and this leads to the risk of livestock waste getting into the water supply system, thus increasing the spread of infectious…environmentally friendly arsenic removal filtration technology. The burden of collecting water Storing and delivering water is a challenge in many low-resource countries, especially in rural areas. The productivity loss of people collecting water is immense. Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water (WHO), causing additional health issues. [caption id="attachment_13381" align="alignright" width="300"] Wello's WaterWheel…