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Bold Ideas with Big Impact®

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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
The Friendship Bench has the potential to make mental health care accessible to an entire African nation
This project raised awareness & understanding of adolescent depression and how it can be identified and treated in Malawi and Tanzania
LegWorks expects to sell 37,000 durable, affordable prosthetic knee joints in five years
Jana Care has reached 5,000+ diabetic patients with their low-cost blood glucose monitor
By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%
By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%
By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%
By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%

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Note that some innovations are implemented in multiple countries.

Infusing soil with insecticide to plaster walls for household vector malaria control


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Med Biotech Laboratories (MBL) Limited
Implementation Country
Uganda
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Mothers Ambassador Program


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BRICK BY BRICK UGANDA
Implementation Country
Uganda
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LEAPS program to catalyze local demand for early childhood care and education in Sindh province, Pakistan


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The Aga Khan University
Implementation Country
Pakistan
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Scaling-up early childhood care and development services for children of India's migrant workers in vulnerable worksites


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Mobile Creches
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India
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Effectiveness of maternal nutrition and parenting program on cognitive development of children from rural India


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Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University)
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India
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Breaking the Chain: decreasing the risks for babies born to HIV-infected adolescent mothers


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Africaid
Implementation Country
Zimbabwe
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Stepping Stones: Scaling early childhood development at Anganwadi Centers in India


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Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University)
Implementation Country
India
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Propelling Motherhood: Training village health team members to improve postpartum care


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The Shanti Uganda Society
Implementation Country
Uganda
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Blue Fuel - Innovative faecal sludge treatment


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Aerosan
Implementation Country
Nepal
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Blue Fuel - Innovative faecal sludge treatment


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Aerosan
Implementation Country
Nepal
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Integrated clinic and community-based delivery of reproductive health services in Togo


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Integrate Health (Santé Intégrée)
Implementation Country
Togo
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Backpack “Mobikits” for Improved Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health


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ChildsLife International
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Development of a Low-cost Electronically Controlled Gravity-Feed (ECGF) Infusion Set


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Uganda Industrial Research Institute
Implementation Country
Uganda
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Youth in action: developing a counseling system/model led by youth to improve maternal and child health


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Fundación Acción Contra El Hambre
Implementation Country
Guatemala
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A mile for the brain in providing access to enhanced foods to children in rural Kenya


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Global Integration and Innovation Africa Limited
Implementation Country
Kenya
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A multi-impact lethal ovitrap for Aedes mosquitoes control


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In2Care Holding B.V.
Implementation Country
Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines
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Making the invisible visible: saving brains via lead-free districts in Bangladesh


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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Implementation Country
Bangladesh
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Integrating an early childhood development intervention into an existing community-based primary healthcare platform in rural Lesotho


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Partners In Health Lesotho
Implementation Country
Lesotho
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A Passion for Health: Empowering Girls and Building Healthy Communities through Agribusiness


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KadAfrica Estate Limited
Implementation Country
Uganda
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A bedside DNA-based test for malaria in pregnant mothers


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The Governors of The University of Calgary
Implementation Country
Ethiopia
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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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