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…findings show that we’re able to reduce health risks, promote healthy behaviour postpartum and ensure a safe transition home in these critical few days after delivery. *Name changed for privacy Join the conversation on Twitter by using hashtag #MothersDay. We encourage you to post your questions and comments about this blog post on our Facebook…

…delivery kit, chlorhexidine to be applied to the umbilical stump to reduce infections, sunflower oil emollient to stop skin breakdown and maintain body temperature, a sticker that changes colour to let a mother know if her newborn is too cold or too hot, and a mylar blanket with reusable heater to warm a hypothermic baby…

…World Toilet Day. This international day of action aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. World Toilet Day is urging changes in both behaviour and policy on issues ranging from enhancing water management to ending open-air defecation. On this international awareness day, Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the…

…for any outsourcing or consulting relationship, and applied a consistent methodology to making decisions so that everyone could agree when the process was working effectively or when changes were necessary. An example of this approach has been our experience implementing a performance management system. Being a publicly funded organization at the late startup phase, we…

…summer day in 1972. However, his office felt cold because his division had just reported its fourth consecutive quarter of significant losses and he knew some major changes were necessary.” The case would then use approximately 5-10 pages providing some background to the situation, attach several appendices with relevant business data, and ask the reader…

…former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, has coined the term “network governance” to describe the emerging complex web of communities and networks that exchange knowledge and coordinate activities across national borders to address these types of challenges. Building on this concept, in a recent article in the UK edition of Wired…

On December 10, more than 600 innovators from 40 countries will gather in Ottawa for a robust exchange of ideas to address how innovation can tackle health and development challenges around the world. It is the first time this annual meeting, co-hosted by Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be…