Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto
Saving Lives at Birth
31 July 2013
Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, UK and the USA won grants today ranging in size from $250,000 to $2 million from the Saving Lives at Birth partnership, comprised of USAID, Grand Challenges Canada, DFID (UK), NORAD (Norway) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Seed grants nominees included a University of Toronto professor, who proposed fortifying tea leaves with iron, a project that could help reduce the maternal and perinatal death rate in the developing world.
SLaB news release, click here
Coverage by:
Toronto Star, click here
Globe and Mail, click here
The Varsity (UofT), click here
El Pais (Madrid), click here
Agencia EFE, Â click here and here
Europa Press, click here
Agence France Presse, click here
Coverage summary, click here
