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Gene tests may help maximize early child development: Study
Posted on February 28, 2017 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada / Saving Brains Program, Toronto In study, children with a particular genetic variation were 4 times more likely to develop strong attachment to mother after intervention A child’s genetic […] -
Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later — study
Posted on December 12, 2016 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto Study funded by Saving Brains shows Kangaroo Mother Care kids 20 years later are better behaved, have larger brains, higher paycheques, more protective and nurturing families […] -
Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters
Posted on July 18, 2016 | No CommentsUNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology to reduce disaster-related health risks; productivity in many jobs seen […] -
Canadian innovation for killing mosquito eggs could help Zika fight
Posted on April 7, 2016 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada (#1 most viewed release (415,000+ page views) of 29,500 news releases hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science at its EurekAlert news service in 2016. Click here for […] -
Future of lung treatment: Malaysian scientists join Harvard team creating safe, effective nano drugs
Posted on January 11, 2016 | No CommentsMIGHT, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology) 11 Jan 2015 Additional Malaysian nanoscience research includes converting greenhouse gases into energy source; ‘Smart farming’ nanosensors; New program aims […] -
Vast energy value in human waste
Posted on November 3, 2015 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of human waste in low-resource countries could yield valuable fuels, invaluable […] -
New swab reveals infection causing severe diarrhea of 1 in 3 babies in African hospitals
Posted on May 25, 2015 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 25 May 2015 Innovative ‘flocked swab’ improves diagnosis, treatment of deadly childhood diarrheal diseases; results could prompt rethink of how to manage second leading cause of […] -
Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU
Posted on April 19, 2015 | No CommentsUnited Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014 E-waste last year contained $52 billion in resources, large volumes of toxic material; most […] -
Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps
Posted on December 23, 2014 | No CommentsUN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising Vulnerability The first-ever maps of global vulnerability to dengue, a […] -
Think Outside the Xbox: Gaming Technologies + 3D Printing Leveraged to Help Amputees
Posted on December 19, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 19-Dec-2014 Canada Funds 23 Bold New Ideas for Global Health Ultra high-speed gaming laptops and a sensor that lets computer gamers battle foes in the virtual […] -
Creating smarter cities to promote healthier people: new global science program debuts
Posted on December 9, 2014 | No CommentsUnited Nations University UNU International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 9 Dec. 2014 ‘Science of Systems’ comes of age in pioneering interdisciplinary programme; Secretariat opens in China In brief: […] -
Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)
Posted on November 19, 2014 | No CommentsUN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS findings underscore critical gaps in monitoring, particularly for sanitation in […] -
Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’
Posted on September 22, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and improve the lives of mothers, newborns and children, Grand Challenges […] -
Citing ‘urgent, acute’ mental health issues, especially in Africa, experts petition governments to act
Posted on June 20, 2014 | No CommentsUniversity of Toronto 20-Jun-2014 Calling global mental health problems “acute and urgent,” 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have published a joint declaration calling for basic mental health care in […] -
Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
Posted on June 15, 2014 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera, typhoid, acute diarrhea, other water-related health risks rising with climate […] -
Canada funds 65 innovative health projects to help save every woman, every child
Posted on May 22, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced as Canada prepares to host world summit on maternal, newborn […] -
Mobile phones, apps toss lifeline to sufferers of brain & mental disorders in remote world corners
Posted on January 10, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device could vastly increase epilepsy treatment — estimated 65 million cases […] -
Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma
Posted on September 2, 2013 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose widespread problem of syphilis with […] -
Major awards announced for innovative solutions to prevent infant/maternal deaths
Posted on July 31, 2013 | No CommentsGrand 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 […] -
Harvard expert: “Agricultural innovation offers only path to feed Africa and the world”
Posted on June 3, 2013 | No CommentsHarvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future food needs through innovation, including biotechnology: Kenya-born Harvard prof. Calestous Juma […] -
Inventive: 102 bold new global health ideas win Grand Challenges Canada funding
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 29 April, 2013 59 creative, out-of-box health innovations devised in 13 low- and middle-income countries, plus 43 from Canada, share $10.9 million in seed grants and […] -
Inspired: Canada funds 68 bold, inventive ways to improve health, save lives in developing countries
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 Nov. 2012 Grand Challenges Canada awards 68 $100,000 seed grants to innovators worldwide Some 51 innovators in 18 low and middle income countries and 17 in […] -
Malaysia to battle ‘nutrition transition’ problem emerging worldwide: More income, poorer diet choices
Posted on November 1, 2012 | No CommentsOffice of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 1 Nov 2012 ‘Nutrition transition’ common to Mexico, India, China, other emerging economies […] -
Mental disorders in developing nations: ‘the most neglected of neglected diseases’
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 10-Oct-2012 On World Mental Health Day, Grand Challenges Canada funds a burst of 15 innovative projects spanning the globe — Asia, Africa, Caribbean Grand Challenges […] -
Study quantifies impact of unsafe water and poor sanitation on child and maternal mortality
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 14-Feb-2012 The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on the death rates of children under five and mothers in […] -
Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of new and improved diagnostics at […] -
Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was awarded a $950,000 grant from […] -
High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University, Solving the E-waste Problem initiative 30-Oct-2011 Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana’s capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and […] -
Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitos into a trap. The odor (both […] -
The top 5 actions parents can take to reduce child exposure to toxic chemicals at home
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsCanadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment, Toronto 15-Jun-2011 If parents do just 5 things to safeguard their kids’ health: Dust, use green cleaning products, do renos carefully, avoid certain […] -
US EPA joins alliance to curb global e-waste
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb rising pollution, the waste of […] -
Canada’s role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsCanadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030 Famed especially for the excellence of […] -
Pollutants in aquifers may threaten future of Mexico’s fast-growing ‘Riviera Maya’
Posted on February 6, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant […] -
Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
Posted on December 12, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science solutions, but many products stagnate in labs for want of […] -
Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation
Posted on December 2, 2010 | No CommentsHarvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation. The startling assertions, in stark contrast […] -
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from the creation and distribution of […] -
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that would help countless people worldwide […] -
Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is […] -
Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments22-Feb-2010 United Nations University, Tokyo / United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China, India, elsewhere Sales of electronic products in countries like China […] -
Powerful new world alliance of global health researchers announce landmark pact on priorities
Posted on November 29, 2009 | No Comments16-Nov-2009 Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Agencies managing 80 percent of global public health research funding set first priorities for common, concerted efforts on heart and lung diseases, other ‘chronic […] -
Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study
Posted on November 3, 2009 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach distant markets Research firms in developing countries have a medicine […] -
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
Posted on September 9, 2009 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major opportunities to advance global health, market position Collaboration with health […] -
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and […] -
‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative […] -
Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University
Posted on October 20, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008 Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do more to end crippling poverty […] -
Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription
Posted on November 27, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses Several of the world’s most […] -
Pioneering study catalogs ethical issues of scientific research in developing world
Posted on September 27, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science programs in developing countries has […] -
India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
Posted on April 12, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how […] -
UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components
Posted on March 7, 2007 | No Comments6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components in electrical and electronic scrap […] -
Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world
Posted on September 11, 2006 | No Comments11-Sep-2006 University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics Experts rank top 10 ways of improving health in poor countries from emerging stem cell and related technologies Eliminating the need for […] -
Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study
Posted on December 6, 2004 | No CommentsJoint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is […] -
Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
Posted on October 7, 2004 | No Comments07 Oct 04University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsNew medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most […]
![Gene tests may help maximize early child development: Study Grand Challenges Canada / Saving Brains Program, Toronto In study, children with a particular genetic variation were 4 times more likely to develop strong attachment to mother after intervention A child’s genetic […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GCC-115x115.png)
![Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later — study Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Study funded by Saving Brains shows Kangaroo Mother Care kids 20 years later are better behaved, have larger brains, higher paycheques, more protective and nurturing families […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/128538_web-115x115.jpg)
![Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters UNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology to reduce disaster-related health risks; productivity in many jobs seen […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1736605-nato-broni-krajow-czlonkowskich-657-323-115x115.jpg)
![Canadian innovation for killing mosquito eggs could help Zika fight Grand Challenges Canada (#1 most viewed release (415,000+ page views) of 29,500 news releases hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science at its EurekAlert news service in 2016. Click here for […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ovillanta-115x115.jpg)
![Future of lung treatment: Malaysian scientists join Harvard team creating safe, effective nano drugs MIGHT, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology) 11 Jan 2015 Additional Malaysian nanoscience research includes converting greenhouse gases into energy source; ‘Smart farming’ nanosensors; New program aims […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/main-lungs-115x115.jpg)
![Vast energy value in human waste United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of human waste in low-resource countries could yield valuable fuels, invaluable […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/102210-115x115.jpg)
![New swab reveals infection causing severe diarrhea of 1 in 3 babies in African hospitals Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 25 May 2015 Innovative ‘flocked swab’ improves diagnosis, treatment of deadly childhood diarrheal diseases; results could prompt rethink of how to manage second leading cause of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Flocked_swab_2013-115x115.jpg)
![Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU United Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014 E-waste last year contained $52 billion in resources, large volumes of toxic material; most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/LostFile_JPG_335303456-115x115.jpg)
![Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising Vulnerability The first-ever maps of global vulnerability to dengue, a […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dengue-reportj-115x115.jpg)
![Think Outside the Xbox: Gaming Technologies + 3D Printing Leveraged to Help Amputees Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 19-Dec-2014 Canada Funds 23 Bold New Ideas for Global Health Ultra high-speed gaming laptops and a sensor that lets computer gamers battle foes in the virtual […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gcc-dec-115x115.jpg)
![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 in pioneering interdisciplinary programme; Secretariat opens in China In brief: […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/UNU-IIGH-pic-115x115.jpg)
![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 findings underscore critical gaps in monitoring, particularly for sanitation in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141118-World-Toilet-Day-in-pictures-main-2-115x115.jpg)
![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 improve the lives of mothers, newborns and children, Grand Challenges […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Combining-Mobile-Phones-with-3-D-Printed-Microscope-Adapters-to-Diagnose-Infectious-Diseases-115x115.jpg)
![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 a joint declaration calling for basic mental health care in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Cretin_Child_1-115x115.jpg)
![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, typhoid, acute diarrhea, other water-related health risks rising with climate […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/74431_web-115x115.jpg)
![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 as Canada prepares to host world summit on maternal, newborn […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14237249481_9ebf000c59_m-115x115.jpg)
![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 could vastly increase epilepsy treatment — estimated 65 million cases […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1-EEG-Smartphone-device-Photo-Credit-Arek-Stopczynski-115x115.jpg)
![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 announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose widespread problem of syphilis with […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/60978_web-115x115.jpg)
![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, Italy, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, UK and the USA won grants […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tea1-115x115.jpg)
![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 food needs through innovation, including biotechnology: Kenya-born Harvard prof. Calestous Juma […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/FOOD_AFRICA-115x115.jpg)
![Inventive: 102 bold new global health ideas win Grand Challenges Canada funding Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 29 April, 2013 59 creative, out-of-box health innovations devised in 13 low- and middle-income countries, plus 43 from Canada, share $10.9 million in seed grants and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/shaunmorris.jpg.size_.xxlarge.letterbox-115x115.jpg)
![Inspired: Canada funds 68 bold, inventive ways to improve health, save lives in developing countries Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 Nov. 2012 Grand Challenges Canada awards 68 $100,000 seed grants to innovators worldwide Some 51 innovators in 18 low and middle income countries and 17 in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ColaLife-115x115.jpg)
![Malaysia to battle ‘nutrition transition’ problem emerging worldwide: More income, poorer diet choices Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 1 Nov 2012 ‘Nutrition transition’ common to Mexico, India, China, other emerging economies […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/KFC-New-Promotion-115x115.jpg)
![Mental disorders in developing nations: ‘the most neglected of neglected diseases’ Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 10-Oct-2012 On World Mental Health Day, Grand Challenges Canada funds a burst of 15 innovative projects spanning the globe — Asia, Africa, Caribbean Grand Challenges […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/afp-photo1-115x115.jpg)
![Study quantifies impact of unsafe water and poor sanitation on child and maternal mortality United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 14-Feb-2012 The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on the death rates of children under five and mothers in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Photo-USA-Today-jpeg-115x115.jpg)
![Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of new and improved diagnostics at […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/starfleet_tricorder-115x115.jpg)
![Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was awarded a $950,000 grant from […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/singer1-115x115.jpg)
![High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa United Nations University, Solving the E-waste Problem initiative 30-Oct-2011 Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana’s capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Empa_eWaste_Ghana_28-115x115.jpg)
![Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitos into a trap. The odor (both […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Fredros-115x115.jpg)
![The top 5 actions parents can take to reduce child exposure to toxic chemicals at home Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment, Toronto 15-Jun-2011 If parents do just 5 things to safeguard their kids’ health: Dust, use green cleaning products, do renos carefully, avoid certain […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/toy_in_mouth-115x115.jpg)
![US EPA joins alliance to curb global e-waste United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb rising pollution, the waste of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110514_STP513-115x115.jpg)
![Canada’s role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others Canadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030 Famed especially for the excellence of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4375115-e1299183149579-115x115.jpeg)
![Pollutants in aquifers may threaten future of Mexico’s fast-growing ‘Riviera Maya’ United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Sinkhole-or-“cenotes”-provide-a-potential-route-for-contamination-of-the-flooded-underground-cave-system-aquifers-of-the-Yucatan-Peninsula.-Credit-Hanneke-van-Lavieren-UNU-115x115.jpg)
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![Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/polio13-115x115.jpg)
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![Powerful new world alliance of global health researchers announce landmark pact on priorities 16-Nov-2009 Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Agencies managing 80 percent of global public health research funding set first priorities for common, concerted efforts on heart and lung diseases, other ‘chronic […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ALeqM5ipBC7YyMJhJiBmY84aflBxejc59A-115x115.jpeg)
![Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach distant markets Research firms in developing countries have a medicine […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pharmaceutical-companies-are-offshoring-more-clinical-research-115x115.jpg)
![Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major opportunities to advance global health, market position Collaboration with health […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dna-115x115.jpg)
![DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis JRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/elephantiasis.jpg)
![Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/malaria-115x115.jpg)
![‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/130327_UNCCDScC-115x115.jpg)
![Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University United Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008 Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do more to end crippling poverty […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/AFP-photo-115x115.jpg)
![Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses Several of the world’s most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/435030-115x115.jpg)
![Pioneering study catalogs ethical issues of scientific research in developing world McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science programs in developing countries has […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/3dcec4a51eb01ddf78033b5e4016-115x115.jpg)
![India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Clinical_research_01-115x115.jpg)
![UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components 6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components in electrical and electronic scrap […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/c-EMPA-China-e-scrap-dismantling_640x640-115x115.jpg)
![Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world 11-Sep-2006 University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics Experts rank top 10 ways of improving health in poor countries from emerging stem cell and related technologies Eliminating the need for […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/download-1-115x115.jpeg)
![Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Transforming-Health-CareLar-115x115.jpg)
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