‘Friendship Bench’: A Blueprint for Tackling Developing World’s Mental Health Crisis
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto In Zimbabwe, Friendship Bench therapy reduces prevalence of depression to less than 14 percent, compared to […]
Global Mental Health
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,
Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City
International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims, Copenhagen 100+ presentations on cases worldwide, from Syria, Central America, Africa, Guantanamo Bay; Sexual
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
‘Saving Brains’ of kids in developing countries: Grand Challenges Canada funds 14 bold new ideas
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000
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