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Bold Ideas with Big Impact®

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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
A Point-of-Care Diagnostics project contributed to the accelerated roll-out of rotavirus vaccine by the Government of Botswana
The flocked swab is 16% more likely to reveal leading bacterial pathogens that cause diarrhea
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

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Note that some innovations are implemented in multiple countries.

DREAM-GLOBAL: Diagnosing hypeRtension - Engaging Action and Management in Getting LOwer Bp in Aboriginal and LMIC – A Research Proposal


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Pamoja Tunaweza Womens' Centre Company Limited
Implementation Country
Tanzania
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Improving child nutrition in urban slums in Uganda


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Infectious Diseases Institute Limited
Implementation Country
Uganda
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Ecosystem approaches to improved water and farm health in Vietnam


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University of Calgary
Implementation Country
Vietnam
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Developing an innovative strategy for hypertension detection, treatment and control in two middle-income countries (Hypertension Outcomes Prevention and Evaluation: HOPE-4)


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University Technology MARA
Implementation Country
Malaysia
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Giving every baby an equal chance of a healthy life: High-quality neonatal care in rural areas using a community-based approach


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Embrace Innovations
Implementation Country
India
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Obstetric fistula awareness and advocacy network


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Association for Rehabilitation and Re-orientation of Women for Development, The
Implementation Country
Uganda
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ChipCare: Diagnostic platform for decentralized blood testing


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ChipCare Corporation
Implementation Country
None
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A toolkit to save newborn lives


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Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Implementation Country
Pakistan
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Reducing the health and environmental impacts of pesticides through early toxicity evaluation


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Chematria Inc.
Implementation Country
Philippines
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FingerPrint Biometric System for Community Health Linkage in Western Kenya


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Moi University
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Empower ASHAs to provide mobile, multiplex, pregnancy screening


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McGill University
Implementation Country
India
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Developing an innovative strategy for hypertension detection, treatment and control in two middle-income countries (Hypertension Outcomes Prevention and Evaluation: HOPE-4)


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Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander
Implementation Country
Colombia
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Development of a mobile phone gaming application to increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention


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Infectious Diseases Institute Limited
Implementation Country
Uganda
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A measured plan: early diagnosis and prevention of kidney disease in Guyana


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Ceqal Inc.
Implementation Country
Guyana
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Screening for drug safety


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University of Toronto
Implementation Country
Ghana
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Biosorbent paper strips comprising immobilized bacteriophage tail spike proteins as rapid test for detection of Salmonella typhi contamination in drinking water


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University of Guelph
Implementation Country
None
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Development and evaluation of a LAMP test for simultaneous diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in fecal samples


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Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Implementation Country
Kenya
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A bedside, Litmus paper-like test to detect bronchitis


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McMaster University
Implementation Country
India
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Dialogue to empower, supervise, support and include informal traditional and faith healers to deliver evidence-based mhGAP-IG adapted psychosocial interventions to reduce treatment gap in Kenya


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Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF)
Implementation Country
Kenya
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Homemade fruit-based toxic sugar lures against malaria mosquitoes in Tanzania


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Ifakara Health Institute
Implementation Country
Tanzania
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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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