Global Health Engage

03/13/2013

See our official page for our 2013 Summer Student Program update: https://www.facebook.com/sandrarotmancentre

Our vision is a world where everyone benefits from health innovation

01/11/2013

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Our vision is a world where everyone benefits from health innovation

06/21/2012

The Ethical, Social and Cultural Program for Global Health is hiring a Program Manager. Apply to this exciting opportunity today! https://www.recruitingsite.com/csbsites/uhncareers/JobDescription.asp?SiteID=10031&JobNumber=681725

Position: Program Manager Site: MaRS Centre, South Tower Department: Sandra Rotman Centre Reports to: Program Leader Salary Range: $27.28 (Mininmum) to $34.09 (Midpoint) Hours: 37.5 hours/week Status: Permanent Full-Time

06/15/2012

Keep tabs on the Grand Challenges Canada blog for innovator profiles, guest speakers and latest news:

Over five billion cell phones are now scattered across the globe. Integral to our daily lives, cell phones are used to make calls, to send messages, even to access the internet – but could they be used to diagnose potentially life-threatening conditions in pregnant women?

05/14/2012

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05/10/2012

Got questions about how innovations impact global health? Join us for an expert Q&A tweetchat next week with Dr. Peter Singer! His CEO letter and live chat mark the 2-year anniversary of Grand Challenges Canada

Tweetchat hosted by featuring Q&A with : Wed 5/16 12 - 1pm ET. Direct your tweets to

Our mission is simple. We are dedicated to the pursuit of a transformational goal: supporting bold ideas with big impact to improve and save lives in the developing world.

04/27/2012

Pakistan polio vaccination project among award winners

http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/pakistan-polio-vaccination-project-among-award-winners.html

A project to combat misconceptions about vaccination in previously Taliban-held regions of Pakistan has received a US$10,000 award.

04/26/2012

Canadian Center Announce Funding to Promote Vaccines In Developing Countries

http://www.africasciencenews.org/en/index.php/health/63-health/406-canadian-center-announce-grants-to-promote-vaccines-in-developing-countries

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04/25/2012

Congratulations to @"The Awakening" A Society for Social & Cultural Development for their project being awarded funding under the Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge. www.srcglobal.org/svac

In the Swat District, Pakistan this organization is establishing village health committees, school drama clubs and radio programs in addition to using passages from the Holy Quran to promote child vaccination.

04/25/2012

"Canadá financiará programa salvadoreño para luchar contra el cáncer cervical" http://t.co/KsS4RIhG

Cada uno de los proyectos del llamado Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge (SVAC) recibirá de CSR 10.000 dólares estadounidenses

04/24/2012

Congratulations to ASAPRECAN for their project being awarded funding under the Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge. www.srcglobal.org/svac

They are working to prevent cervical cancer, by mobilizing female parliamentarians and civil society members to lobby the national government to include the HPV vaccine in the National Plan on Immunization.

04/24/2012

Congratulations to Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation and the Future Fighters for their project being awarded funding under the Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge. www.srcglobal.org/svac

They are using a peer-to-peer education model and 30 energetic, committed youths to educate students on, and build demand for, current vaccines, and offer role models for fighting HIV/AIDS stigma to prepare the way for the potential creation of an HIV vaccine.