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…highest impact in developing countries, especially in South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan and China. Conventional technologies – based on coagulation, flocculation, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, precipitation and surfactant-enhanced ultrafiltration – have been developed to remove arsenic from water but have numerous drawbacks, making them unsuitable and unsustainable for small-scale industries. Solution The…

…and health, and specifically, female genital cutting. The project goals include: engaging 1000 youth, 100 activists, 100 elders, 50 traditional and/or religious leaders, and 10 FGC survivors; enrolling 300 other individuals in the “No to FGC” campaign. It will aim to increase knowledge, and to change the attitudes and behaviours of children after school visits.

…salts (ORS) and zinc that uses faith networks in Abia States, Nigeria, to identify and train a cadre of "ORS moms". These women serve to deliver behaviour change messages and act as community-based suppliers of ORS and zinc, two products essential in preventing deaths due to diarrhea. Thirty “ORS moms” were identified and trained in…

…sensitive and can diagnose active, latent and drug-resistant TB. The team proposed to analyze combinations of biomarkers produced by the host during M. tuberculosis infection, such as change in expression of INF-γ, IL-15, IL-2, TNF-α by CD4+ T cells, for TB detection. The hypothesis, based on T cells population analysis, was that they could develop…

…actual groundwater samples from three regions in Bangladesh and were working towards the final refinement of the test. The test strip displays a clear and consistent colour change when exposed to a level of 10 ppb arsenic concentration in groundwater samples. The team will work towards refining the prototype test to make it robust enough…

…would recommend PDEP to other parents. The parents also reported increased knowledge of typical child development, decreased approval of physical punishment, and strong beliefs that PDEP will change their behavior and relationships with their children. The team has expanded LF training to diverse Canadian communities and is supporting its further expansion in other countries. On…

…from qualitative research with refugee youth, and will provide a forum for youth to generate prevention and post-rape care solutions. The digital comic innovation centres youth as change-agents and knowledge producers of solutions to sexual violence and post-rape care and will use comics as a critical pedagogical tool to generate empowerment by engaging youth in…

…demand for health services. Solution This innovative project evaluated the feasibility of using locally-made videos by local community groups in local languages, as a channel for behaviour change to improve maternal, neonatal and child health among rural communities in Eastern Uganda. These videos were used to communicate policy-related messages to rural, semi-literate postnatal and pregnant…

…the Digital Library has the right resources to answer questions (87.8 % agreement); can help make more decisions while with the patient (89.8% agreement) and can provide answers to change the plan the provider had for patient care (67.3% agreement). Finally, 67.4% of healthcare workers who used the Digital Library prototype expressed an interest in purchasing the…

…slide was proportional to the analyte concentration in the sample. The prototype colour sensor units were used to measure a series of glucose standards, by quantifying the change in colour intensities produced on slides when samples were applied. With glucose concentrations ranging from 40.0 to 400.0 mg/dL, the data showed that the intensity of the…