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Discover Our Innovations and Results

The Friendship Bench has the potential to make mental health care accessible to an entire African nation
The flocked swab is 16% more likely to reveal leading bacterial pathogens that cause diarrhea
A Point-of-Care Diagnostics project contributed to the accelerated roll-out of rotavirus vaccine by the Government of Botswana
Jana Care has reached 5,000+ diabetic patients with their low-cost blood glucose monitor
LegWorks expects to sell 37,000 durable, affordable prosthetic knee joints in five years
This project raised awareness & understanding of adolescent depression and how it can be identified and treated in Malawi and Tanzania
The Friendship Bench project has screened 2,960 individuals for depression to date
Almost 400 new fathers are receiving small group counselling through the Father's Clubs project
Kidogo is running two best-practice community baby care centres, serving 100 children
This street food safety project contributed to the implementation of the Safe Food Act in Bangladesh to fight adulteration and protect …

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Note that some innovations are implemented in multiple countries.

Promoting Family Integrated Early Child Development in Urban Slums


Institution
INCLEN Trust International
Implementation Country
India
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Using community health workers and novel in-home phototherapy to dramatically reduce brain damage from neonatal jaundice in low- to middle-income countries


Institution
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Implementation Country
Bangladesh
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Training caregivers to enhance early child neurodevelopment in the prevention of konzo disease from toxic cassava in the Democratic Republic of Congo


Institution
Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale
Implementation Country
Congo, Dem. Rep.
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Promotion of maternal gut microbiota and psychosocial stimulation on child cognitive development at six months of age


Institution
Human Nutrition Research Center, Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia
Implementation Country
Indonesia
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Community-based Psycho-social Intervention to Reduce Postpartum Depression and Improve Infant Development in the Refugee Community


Institution
BRAC University
Implementation Country
Bangladesh
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Providing early childhood education through Deux Lièvres, or Dɛ̀gbɛ̀ Bide (Two Rabbits)


Institution
Association pour la Traduction et le Développement Holistique de l’Etre Humain
Implementation Country
Cameroon
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Health, Education and Protection of Young Children: Evaluating a Parenting Project for Refugee Children and their Parents in Lebanon and Jordan


Institution
Arab Resource Collective
Implementation Country
Jordan, Lebanon
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First Steps (Intera za Mbere)


Institution
Save the Children, Canada
Implementation Country
Rwanda
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Scaling-up affordable, quality, and contextually relevant pre-school provision in Kenya


Institution
Aga Khan Foundation Kenya
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Identifying and addressing adverse health events, behaviours or social issues during pregnancy through highly personalized social media interactions


Institution
Tá.Na.Hora Digital Health Ltd.
Implementation Country
Brazil
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Providing clean, durable and affordable earthen floors to reduce diarrheal disease and parasitic infections in Rwanda


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EarthEnable
Implementation Country
Rwanda, Uganda
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GROW with Educare Centres: Providing quality early childhood education in the community while empowering women


Institution
Grow with Educare Centres
Implementation Country
South Africa
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Karma: A unique telemedicine model providing primary healthcare to India's rural patients


Institution
Karma
Implementation Country
India
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Boa Vista Early Childhood Intervention Program


Institution
Fundação Faculdade de Medicina
Implementation Country
Brazil
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Max Healthy Village: Tackling stunting for children under-5


Institution
Max Foundation
Implementation Country
Bangladesh
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Making safe sanitation accessible and affordable for everyone


Institution
Fresh Life Initiative Limited
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Addressing maternal and neonatal mortality through increased antenatal care in impoverished and remote regions


Institution
Cayetano Heredia University
Implementation Country
Peru
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Scaling waterless flush toilets in Madagascar


Institution
Loowatt SARL
Implementation Country
Madagascar
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Waves for Change


Institution
Waves for Change
Implementation Country
South Africa
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A virtual reality intervention to improve mental health literacy among refugee youth in Uganda


Institution
University of Toronto
Implementation Country
Uganda
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