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Biaber is an innovative change management model for integrating screening and culturally adapted psychotherapy into the primary care system in Ethiopia through a multi-tiered training and supervision network. The Biaber Project - Scaling up Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Common Mental Disorders in Ethiopia

…and quality of life for Ugandan children and their families. The program will test the effectiveness of using expert carers to run community-based training groups for families of infants with early disability from newborn brain injury, examining which factors are most effective in bringing about change while also assessing the challenges to scaling up the programme.

Ubongo is a Tanzania-based non-profit social enterprise that produces localized edutainment for families in Africa, to help them learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives and realize their developmental potential so that the next generation of Africans can live healthier lives, contribute as productive citizens, and break the cycle of poverty. The project…

Moments That Matter is an integrated community-led parenting empowerment program that aims to sustainably catalyze change among families directly affected by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerabilities in Zambia and Kisumu County in Kenya. Moments that Matter focuses on the critical 0-3 year age period. Its aim is to strengthen the primary caregiver-child relationship as well as…

…education programs. ZanaAfrica Group, a hybrid social enterprise based in Nairobi, Kenya, solves this problem through incorporating fun, interactive comics in pad packages for girls. Tested for behaviour change and health outcomes, all products are developed with girls using human-centered design. In this way they meet the demand for affordable, accessible and aspirational sanitary pad products,…

…across four hospitals in Botswana, could have a significant long term impact on the way childhood diarrhea is tested and treated in low-resource settings. The evidence could inform policy, change regulations and impact the development of future diagnostics in low-income countries.Partners include the Botswana Ministry of Health, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, bioMérieux, BioGaia, and Copan Italia.

…for distribution and gives them 100% ownership of the farms after a 10-month growth period. The girls are equipped with knowledge, skills, and assets to begin their own farms and become entrepreneurial leaders generating income through agribusiness. This is a capacity building program that yields tangible financial results, improved health outcomes and household level change.

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…