Creating smarter cities to promote healthier people: new global science program debuts
United Nations University UNU International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 9 Dec. 2014 ‘Science of Systems’ comes of age […]
Health in Developing Countries
Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)
UN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS
Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and
Citing ‘urgent, acute’ mental health issues, especially in Africa, experts petition governments to act
University of Toronto 20-Jun-2014 Calling global mental health problems “acute and urgent,” 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have published
Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera,
Canada funds 65 innovative health projects to help save every woman, every child
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced
Mobile phones, apps toss lifeline to sufferers of brain & mental disorders in remote world corners
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device
Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma
United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also
Major awards announced for innovative solutions to prevent infant/maternal deaths
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Saving Lives at Birth 31 July 2013 Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala,
Harvard expert: “Agricultural innovation offers only path to feed Africa and the world”
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future