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‘Friendship Bench’: A Blueprint for Tackling Developing World’s Mental Health Crisis
Posted on December 27, 2016 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto In Zimbabwe, Friendship Bench therapy reduces prevalence of depression to less than 14 percent, compared to 50 percent in control group; First at-scale model of community mental […] -
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 […] -
Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City
Posted on December 4, 2016 | No CommentsInternational Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims, Copenhagen 100+ presentations on cases worldwide, from Syria, Central America, Africa, Guantanamo Bay; Sexual violence as torture; Treatment and recovery from atrocities; Enforcing nations’ […] -
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 […] -
‘Saving Brains’ of kids in developing countries: Grand Challenges Canada funds 14 bold new ideas
Posted on October 23, 2013 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today […] -
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 […]