Investing ~3.5% GDP in science, technology, innovation: benchmark for sustainable development
UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board Paris 9 July 2015 UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board calls for advisor, not observer seat for science […]
Abdallah Daar
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
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
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,
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
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
Study details essential role of trust in agricultural biotech partnerships
Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 1 Nov 2012 Researchers identify building blocks of trust: Honesty, transparency, capability, accountability,
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
Abdallah Daar, Biotechnology, Global Health, Global health innovation, Grand Challenges Canada, Health in Developing Countries, McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health, Peter A. Singer
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
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
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
Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable
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
China a rising star in regenerative medicine despite world skepticism of stem cell therapies
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University Health Network / University of Toronto 8-Jan-2010 Chinese researchers have become the world’s fifth
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
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
Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemic
Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 23 Sep 2009 The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic
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
Health research agencies form global alliance to curb humanity’s most fatal diseases
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases London / Washington / Toronto 15-Jun-2009 Six of the world’s foremost health agencies, collectively managing