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Bold Ideas with Big Impact®

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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
The Friendship Bench has the potential to make mental health care accessible to an entire African nation
Almost 400 new fathers are receiving small group counselling through the Father's Clubs project
This street food safety project contributed to the implementation of the Safe Food Act in Bangladesh to fight adulteration and protect …
The Friendship Bench project has screened 2,960 individuals for depression to date
This project raised awareness & understanding of adolescent depression and how it can be identified and treated in Malawi and Tanzania
Kidogo is running two best-practice community baby care centres, serving 100 children
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

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Note that some innovations are implemented in multiple countries.

Ally Wambra (Healthy Child): Reducing anemia in children under two years old


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Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru
Implementation Country
Peru
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Connecting women & adolescent girls with WOMEN CONNECT model to make them aware towards MHM, SRHR and GBV


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www.idf4all.org and IDF
Implementation Country
India
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Delivery of market-led solutions in toilet installation to address mortality and morbidity of children under five by reducing open defecation


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Population Services International (PSI)
Implementation Country
India
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Unlocking Sexual and Reproductive Health in Timor-Leste


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Ba Futuru
Implementation Country
Timor-Leste
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Putting online a proven, early cognitive stimulation program to help those helping kids in developing countries


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University of the West Indies
Implementation Country
Jamaica
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Life-changing health kits for mothers and newborns


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AYZH Health and Livelihood Pvt Ltd
Implementation Country
India
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Addressing maternal and neonatal mortality through increased antenatal care in impoverished and remote regions


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Cayetano Heredia University
Implementation Country
Peru
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Implementation Research for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India


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Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Implementation Country
India
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Inhaled Oxytocin for Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage in Resource-Poor Settings


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Monash University
Implementation Country
Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Tanzania, Uganda
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SPO2: Solar powered oxygen delivery in Uganda


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Global Health Uganda LTD
Implementation Country
Uganda
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ChARM: Childrens Automated Respiration Monitor


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Philips African Innovation Hub
Implementation Country
Kenya
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An integrated newborn care kit to save newborn lives in Pakistan


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Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Implementation Country
Pakistan
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Roadmap to medical oxygen supply in Ethiopia


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Assist International
Implementation Country
Ethiopia
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Saving lives through the provision of affordable quality medical oxygen to health facilities in Kenya


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Hewa Tele
Implementation Country
Kenya
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A hospital-to-home healthcare model, with surveillance during pregnancy and for children to age two, leading to maternal and child health


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Nyaya Health Nepal
Implementation Country
Nepal
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“Kangaroo Mother Care” for low-birth-weight infants in Mali and Cameroon


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Kangaroo Foundation
Implementation Country
Cameroon, Mali
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Improving treatment rates for childhood illnesses through private retailers in Nigeria using an innovative market-based peer training model


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Clinton Health Access Initiative
Implementation Country
Nigeria
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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


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Arab Resource Collective
Implementation Country
Jordan, Lebanon
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Enlisting African traditional healers, faith healers, and community health workers to help detect mental illness


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Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF)
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Jacaranda Health: An innovative public-private model to improve maternal and newborn outcomes in Kenya's public sector


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Jacaranda Health Solutions Limited
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Grand Challenges Canada’s programs are primarily undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.

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