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…and scaling up their project and mental health programs towards the common goal of reducing the current mental health gap. This shared learning process allowed innovators to exchange how their innovations have achieved or can achieve sustainable impact. Issues addressed included triggering government adoption of mental health programs; learning from the supervision of training lay…

…paranoid schizophrenia at the same Transit Care Centre. Persistent efforts by the clinical team to aid her recovery over the past decade concluded in little or no change. Her life was reduced to sitting in a corner of the facility, spitting repetitively, living in fear of bodily contamination, muttering to herself, and being completely disinterested…

…has provided me with additional skills and insight into the interconnectedness of global issues pertaining not only to health, but also research, data management, innovations and social change. In all my years in internship and co-op, Grand Challenges Canada summer student internship program was one of the best and most stimulating that I have ever…

…found low levels of medical training. Correct diagnoses were rare and incorrect treatments were widely prescribed. If such findings also apply to TB care, it would dramatically change common perceptions of the underlying systemic issues in the management of TB, and would influence policies. Although regarded as the gold standard, until now, standardized patients have…

…setting up mobile phone technology that will be used to improve the spare parts supply chain and will also pool funds for financing capital maintenance. Text to Change Mobile is spearheading an innovative project in Uganda that applies an open source tool, utilizing existing mobile technology to radically improve global management of access to water…

…bigger car? Do we want to give up the uninterrupted sleep we currently enjoy (and love)? Do golf courses accept five-somes? And how will our family dynamic change with a third son or our first daughter? During our back-and-forth discussions, not once did we discuss the potential complications that affect so many parents in the…

…in Canada is a distant dream for sufferers in low-resource countries. The challenge of global mental health in the developing world offers an enormous opportunity for transformative change. To date, Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the Government of Canada, has committed almost $28 million for the most promising Bold Ideas with Big Impact…