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…Max Foundation trains local NGOs to promote improved water, sanitation, nutrition and safe motherhood in rural communities in Bangladesh. Initial payments let NGOs adapt and implement interventions, incentivized by follow-on payments when results targets are met. The Max Healthy Village program emphasizes accelerated water, sanitation and hand-washing efforts critical to a COVID-19 response, and, with…promoting hand washing — a critical tool in preventing COVID-19 contagion.  HappyTap is an affordable, attractive hand washing station for use by anyone, including children.  Produced in Vietnam and Bangladesh, it is available across Asia and expanding globally. Video: https://youtu.be/uCW6WBvtOzw   Educational services   1) Ubongo Learning Ltd. (Tanzania) With GCC support, Ubongo locally produces…

…operations with a detailed plan for change and growth. In presenting their shared vision for a co-CEO model, the board was struck by the ambition, pragmatism and dynamism of their plans for GCC.” As co-CEOs, Ms. Mackie and Dr. Silver are being handed a mandate to build on GCC’s success by leading a new era…  BIOGRAPHIES Dr. Karlee Silver, DPhil Co-Chief Executive Officer Karlee Silver is Co-CEO of Grand Challenges Canada, giving leadership and oversight to all aspects of the organization’s activities together with Co-CEO Jocelyn Mackie. Prior to being appointed co-CEO, Dr. Silver was VP Programs where she set strategy for development and humanitarian innovation initiatives, and enabled…

…Transition to Scale Program motivates my interest at Grand Challenges Canada. From my experience, the challenges in health and community development can become overwhelming and limit the productivity of work. As such, investing in bold ideas and striving for productive impact through partnerships and innovation is important in creating action towards global health equity. I…I am honoured to learn from such a diverse group of partners and peers. I hope to achieve a better understanding of both the global and local dynamics of health innovation and how social determinants of health can be addressed in innovative ways both in Canada and abroad. I bring my experience and learning from…

The future looks bright for the Grand Challenges Canada team with the arrival of their 2017 summer students! On May 1st, the students began their activities with staff, learning more about the organization, company culture and various projects that are on the go. As their first day came to an end, the students were each…enforce my interest in finding a solution to allow innovations to reach their desired target populations, with minimal difficulty. I have also worked with numerous infectious diseases, namely TB, HIV, parasitic infections and viral infections and hope to increase my scientific knowledge at the Innovation Marketplace this summer. I hope to learn how to build…

…there has also been growing recognition of the economic costs associated with mental health conditions, such as those due to cost of care or due to lost productivity (Bloom et al, 2011).  It is encouraging to see the response to the #FundaMentalSDG campaign, given that the concerns of people with psychosocial disabilities have been too…do not need to be convinced of the importance of mental health within mainstream development policy and practice.  Whether working in the context of the major 2004 tsunami disaster, the 30 year ethnic war or the chronic deprivation in rural villages, it was always clear that mental health problems and psychosocial suffering of affected people…