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Formation | 2010 |
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Type | Nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Global health, healthcare, international development |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method |
Grants Venture capital Impact investing |
Key people | Karlee Silver,
CEO Guylaine Saucier, Chair, Board of Directors Joseph Rotman, founding chairperson |
Website | grandchallenges.ca |
Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that employs a Grand Challenges model with the aim to fund solutions for health and economic problems in low-and middle-income countries and Canada. [1] [2] [3]
GCC is funded primarily by the Government of Canada and hosted in the MaRS Discovery District [4] by the University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario. [5]
Grand Challenges Canada takes inspiration from the Grand Challenges in Global Health research initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [6] [7] GCC was founded in 2010 by Peter A. Singer and Dr. Abdallah Daar. [8] [9]
The Canadian government committed C$225 million from the 2008 Canadian federal budget over five years to support the creation of GCC with the aim of addressing global health problems in low-income countries. [10] [11] [6] The 2008 budget also created the Development Innovation Fund, which is administered by a consortium comprising GCC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the International Development Research Centre. [12]
In June 2015, Global Affairs Canada announced an additional C$161 million in funding for the organization over ten years to support the government's Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. [13] [14]
GCC has supported a number of inventions, including the Odon device, [15] the Lucky Iron Fish, [16] the Ovillanta, [17] a Doppler fetal monitor that operates without electricity, [18] an artificial knee joint, [19] a sterile cover for hardware-store drills that transforms them into surgical instruments, [20] a flocked swab to improve diarrhea diagnosis, [21] a $5 safe- birth toolkit, [22] a low-cost 3D-printed prosthetic hand, [23] and a self-propelled powder to stop bleeding. [24]
GCC supports a number of global health programs and initiatives including:
GCC is governed by a Board of Directors including members from various sectors, including health, finance, and international development. The Board oversees GCC operations and impact and ensures that GCC activities align with the GCC mission and strategic goals. [36] GCC is also guided by Scientific Advisory Board. [37]
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Formation | 2010 |
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Type | Nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Global health, healthcare, international development |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method |
Grants Venture capital Impact investing |
Key people | Karlee Silver,
CEO Guylaine Saucier, Chair, Board of Directors Joseph Rotman, founding chairperson |
Website | grandchallenges.ca |
Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that employs a Grand Challenges model with the aim to fund solutions for health and economic problems in low-and middle-income countries and Canada. [1] [2] [3]
GCC is funded primarily by the Government of Canada and hosted in the MaRS Discovery District [4] by the University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario. [5]
Grand Challenges Canada takes inspiration from the Grand Challenges in Global Health research initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [6] [7] GCC was founded in 2010 by Peter A. Singer and Dr. Abdallah Daar. [8] [9]
The Canadian government committed C$225 million from the 2008 Canadian federal budget over five years to support the creation of GCC with the aim of addressing global health problems in low-income countries. [10] [11] [6] The 2008 budget also created the Development Innovation Fund, which is administered by a consortium comprising GCC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the International Development Research Centre. [12]
In June 2015, Global Affairs Canada announced an additional C$161 million in funding for the organization over ten years to support the government's Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. [13] [14]
GCC has supported a number of inventions, including the Odon device, [15] the Lucky Iron Fish, [16] the Ovillanta, [17] a Doppler fetal monitor that operates without electricity, [18] an artificial knee joint, [19] a sterile cover for hardware-store drills that transforms them into surgical instruments, [20] a flocked swab to improve diarrhea diagnosis, [21] a $5 safe- birth toolkit, [22] a low-cost 3D-printed prosthetic hand, [23] and a self-propelled powder to stop bleeding. [24]
GCC supports a number of global health programs and initiatives including:
GCC is governed by a Board of Directors including members from various sectors, including health, finance, and international development. The Board oversees GCC operations and impact and ensures that GCC activities align with the GCC mission and strategic goals. [36] GCC is also guided by Scientific Advisory Board. [37]