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This project will use digital media to help indigenous people in child-rearing, with outreach to policy-makers to change how services work. CanalCanoa first researches which Indigenous techniques help brain development in small children, and where Indigenous families could learn from people in other cultures. Next, it uses digital media to re-value this knowledge while documenting…

…better understanding of mental health issues, and how these issues can affect their lives and communities. As young people understand more about Depression, and their attitudes to it change, they may recognize it in their community, or in themselves. We will train teachers, youth leaders, and clinic staff on how to identify and treat depression, so…

…technology is a plastic strip coated with metallic nanoparticles and proteins that bind to Zika antibodies in a patient’s saliva, thus changing the strip’s color. The color change is subtle but it can be detected using a simple spectrometer coupled to a cellular phone.An app will also be developed to store the results and other…

…young adults. This trend is congruent with other indigenous communities in this and other regions of the world, and is attributed to many reasons, including rapid cultural change, loss of land, family disintegration, exposure to conflict and violence, and extreme poverty. Emberá communities recognize suicide as a major problem, but there is no organized community…

…And a shift in understanding -- that malaria exposure may result not just in infant mortality and low birth weight but affects also long-term neurodevelopment “represents a change in paradigm that will initiate a re-evaluation of public health policies designed to protect women and children from the deleterious consequences of PM.”Today’s approach to this problem…

…handwashing intervention, has little effect on actual hygiene practices. HappyTap aims to close the gap between knowing and doing. To do so, HappyTap designs and markets behaviour change products that improve hygiene practices of some of the world's poorest consumers. HappyTap uses commercial distribution to maximize user buy-in and ongoing use, and to enable a…

…specialists who traditionally provide massages to mothers and newborns in the first few weeks after birth. This already established traditional network will be leveraged as 'agents of change' to train and support mothers and families in adopting the proposed package of ECD interventions. The intervention aims to improve infants’ development outcomes, and to lay a…

…sources:  batteries, paint and adulterated turmeric. Stakeholders will be engaged in a process of publicly identifying and eliminating lead hot spots. Impact will be tracked by measuring changes in lead concentrations in maternal and child blood, soil, paint and turmeric. Factors that convince stakeholders to take action will be systematically addressed. In two years, lead…