Role of international collaboration in developing mental health services by R Srinivasa Murthy

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Measuring for change/Mobile Creches by Chavi Vohra, Chavi Vohra, Chavi Vohra, Chavi Vohra, Minal Shah, Minal Shah, Minal Shah, Minal Shah, Atishi Mishra, Atishi Mishra, Ankita Gupta

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Need and Viability of Newborn Screening Programme in India: Report from a Pilot Study by Arya Raveendran, Teena Joseph Chacko, Priya Prabhu, Raghava Varma, Leslie Edward Lewis, Pragna Rao, Prajna P. Shetty, Yajna S. Phaneendra Mallimoggala, Asha Hedge, Dinesh M. Nayak, Sudeep Moorkoth, Sudheer Moorkoth

“…With funding support from the Grand Challenges Canada, a pilot newborn screening programme was implemented for the Udupi district of South India to study the need and viability of a national programme in India. …”
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Improving Malawian teachers' mental health knowledge and attitudes: an integrated school mental health literacy approach by S. Kutcher, H. Gilberds, C. Morgan, R. Greene, K. Hamwaka, K. Perkins

“…Methods. Through a Grand Challenges Canada funded initiative called ‘An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania’, we culturally adapted a previously demonstrated effective Canadian school mental health curriculum resource (the Guide) for use in Malawi, the African Guide: Malawi version (AGMv), and evaluated its impact on enhancing mental health literacy for educators (teachers and youth club leaders) in 35 schools and 15 out-of-school youth clubs in the central region of Malawi. …”
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Prevalence of essential newborn care in home and facility births in the Peruvian Amazon: Analysis of census data from programme evaluation in three remote districts of the Loreto r... by Stefan Reinders, Magaly M. Blas, Melissa Neuman, Luis Huicho, Carine Ronsmans

“…Interpretation: Low prevalence of ENC practices among home births in a setting with high neonatal mortality and difficult access to quality care in facilities suggests potential for a community-based intervention to promote ENC practices at home, along with promotion of healthcare seeking and simultaneous strengthening of routine facility care. Funding: Grand Challenges Canada and Peruvian National Council of Science, Technology, and Technology Innovation.…”
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Effect of a parenting and nutrition education programme on development and growth of children using a social safety-net platform in urban Bangladesh: a cluster randomized controlle... by Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Jane Fisher, Anisur Rahman, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani

“…The evidence may help in increasing ECD coverage in urban areas in LMICs. Funding: Grand Challenges Canada, Saving Brains Programme Grant Number: SB-1810-20176.…”
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Long-term impacts of the Bandebereho programme on violence against women and children, maternal health-seeking, and couple relations in Rwanda: a six-year follow-up of a randomised... by Kate Doyle, Ruti G. Levtov, Emmanuel Karamage, Deboleena Rakshit, Shamsi Kazimbaya, Felix Sayinzoga, Hassan Sibomana, Silas Ngayaboshya, Fidèle Rutayisire, Gary Barker

“…Funding: The Echidna Giving Fund, Grand Challenges Canada, the Oak Foundation, and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund supported this study.…”
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Cost of community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling in Peru: A micro-costing study by Michelle B. Shin, Patricia J. Garcia, Enrique M. Saldarriaga, José L. Fiestas, Kristjana H Ásbjörnsdóttir, Sarah J. Iribarren, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Sarah Gimbel

“…The Hope Project was funded by grants from Grand Challenges Canada (TTS-1812-21131), Uniting for Health Innovation, Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer, University of Manitoba, and the John E. …”
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Effect of the Mamás del Río programme on essential newborn care: a three-year before-and-after outcome evaluation of a community-based, maternal and neonatal health intervention in... by Magaly M. Blas, Stefan Reinders, Angela Alva, Melissa Neuman, Isabelle Lange, Luis Huicho, Carine Ronsmans

“…Process evaluation of mechanisms will help to explain observed effects and understand transferability of findings. Funding: Grand Challenges Canada and Peruvian National Council of Science and Technology.…”
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A three-marker protein biosignature distinguishes tuberculosis from other respiratory diseases in Gambian children by Toyin Togun, Clive J. Hoggart, Schadrac C. Agbla, Marie P. Gomez, Uzochukwu Egere, Abdou K. Sillah, Binta Saidy, Francis Mendy, Madhukar Pai, Beate Kampmann

“…Funding: Steinberg Fellowship (McGill University); Grand Challenges Canada; MRC Program Grant.…”
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Design-redesign, implementation, and evaluation of effectiveness of maternal nutrition and responsive parenting program on child development at 2 years of age from rural India: a c... by Abhay Gaidhane, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shital Telrandhe, Shital Telrandhe, Manoj Patil, Priti Kogade, Priti Kogade, Shilpa Gaidhane, Sonali G. Choudhari, Penny A. Holding, Deepak Saxena, Zahiruddin Quazi Syed, Zahiruddin Quazi Syed

“…At 24 months, program showed moderate–mild impact on ECD – cognitive (0.31, 95%CI: 0.13–0.48), language (0.2, 95%CI: 0.01–0.39), and socioemotional-development (0.19, 95%CI: 0.01–0.37), moderate effect on home-environment and mother–child interaction. 96% of women initiated breastfeed within one-hour of delivery, and exclusive-breastfeeding rate of 89.80%.InterpretationsThe study provides an evidence-based community centered ECD curriculum and implementation strategies to enhance service providers, and caregivers’ knowledge and skills for promoting ECD in low-resource settings with the potential to scale within existing Government Program.FundingThe trial was funded by the Saving Brains Round 5 Initiative of Grand Challenges Canada (Grant no. SB-1707-05084), and we are grateful for their ongoing support through online sessions and orientation workshops. …”
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Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys by Gretchen A Stevens, DSc, James E Bennett, PhD, Quentin Hennocq, MSc, Yuan Lu, DSc, Luz Maria De-Regil, DSc, Lisa Rogers, PhD, Goodarz Danaei, MD, Guangquan Li, PhD, Richard A White, PhD, Seth R Flaxman, BA, Sean-Patrick Oehrle, BA, Mariel M Finucane, PhD, Ramiro Guerrero, MSc, Prof. Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Amarilis Then-Paulino, MD, Prof. Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, Prof. Robert E Black, MD, Prof. Majid Ezzati, FMedSci

“…Fundin: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, UK Medical Research Council.…”
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Integrating an early childhood development programme into Bangladeshi primary health-care services: an open-label, cluster-randomised controlled trial by Jena D Hamadani, PhD, Syeda F Mehrin, MSc, Fahmida Tofail, PhD, Mohammad I Hasan, MPH, Syed N Huda, PhD, Helen Baker-Henningham, ProfPhD, Deborah Ridout, MSc, Sally Grantham-McGregor, ProfFRCP

“…In future programmes, more attention needs to be paid to the nutrition of the children. Funding: Grand Challenges Canada (Saving Brains).…”
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PROMOTING GLOBAL HEALTH: THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EDITORS POSITION ON EDITORS’ RESPONSIBILITY by Lorraine E Ferris, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Ethics and Policy Committee, WAME Board

“…Acknowledgements: We thank Dr Peter Singer from Grand Challenges Canada for his input on early versions of the WAME Global Health Principles. …”
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