Maternal Micronutrients, Nurturing Environment Boost Child Development
January 16, 2017 18:30 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada
MATARAM, INDONESIA and TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - January 16, 2017) - Mothers who take multi-micronutrient supplements during pregnancy can add the equivalent of up to one full year of schooling to a...
"Friendship Bench" Program Proves Effective at Alleviating Mental Illness Symptoms
December 27, 2016 11:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada
TORONTO, ON and HARARE, ZIMBABWE--(Marketwired - December 27, 2016) - Their offices are simple wooden seats, called Friendship Benches, located in the grounds of health clinics around Harare and other...
Kangaroo Mother Care Helps Premature Babies Thrive 20 Years Later -- Study
December 12, 2016 00:01 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;Saving Brains
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - December 12, 2016) - Two decades after a group of Colombian parents were shown how to keep their perilously tiny babies warm and nourished through breastfeeding and...
#1 Risk for Child Stunting in Developing World: Poor Growth Before Birth
November 01, 2016 14:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;Saving Brains;Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
TORONTO, ON and BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - November 01, 2016) - Canadian Government-funded "Saving Brains" study: 25 percent of developing world's child stunting is associated with poor growth in...
Health Innovations to Scale-Up With Canadian Support
September 20, 2016 18:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 20, 2016) - Eight innovations that have successfully demonstrated ways to improve health in developing countries are scaling up with support from Grand Challenges...
Six Canadian Innovations Scaling Up to Improve Global Health
July 21, 2016 13:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - July 21, 2016) - Six Canadian innovations showing evidence of early promise for improving global health will "transition-to-scale" thanks to new support from Grand...
Cost of Poor Child Growth in Developing World: $177B in Lost Wages for Children Born Each Year
June 29, 2016 16:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;Saving Brains;Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
TORONTO, ON and BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - June 29, 2016) - Early life growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries results in a US $176.8 billion reduction in potential career earnings for...
New Evidence Links Exclusive Breastfeeding, Early Play/Stimulation to Children's Later Success
June 21, 2016 18:30 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;Saving Brains
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - June 21, 2016) - A pair of new studies further strengthen scientific understanding of the links between what a child experiences in the first years of life and later...
One Third of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Fail to Reach Developmental Milestones
June 07, 2016 14:00 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;Saving Brains;Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
TORONTO, ON and BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - June 07, 2016) - With data on almost 100,000 children, new research reveals extent of developmental setbacks among 3 and 4 year olds in low- and...
Grand Challenges Canada and CAMTech Support Innovations Addressing Zika
May 25, 2016 00:01 ET
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Grand Challenges Canada;CAMTech;Massachusetts General Hospital’s Centre for Global Health
 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwired - May 25, 2016) - The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital's Centre for Global Health and Grand Challenges...