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, click here and here
Europa Press, click here
Agence France Presse, click here
Coverage summary, click here
Dr. Levente Diosady, a University of Toronto professor, speaks with CTV Canada AM, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013