Empowering innovators to solve the world’s most pressing global health and development challenges in LMICs and Canada. FR @GrandsDefisCA
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We’re #funding growth-stage innovations across #Asia-Pacific that can help communities and health systems anticipate, adapt to, and respond to climate-related health threats. 🔗 Visit for details: grandchallenges.ca/apply-for… @CanadaDev
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World Mental Health Day may be behind us, but the conversation about youth mental health must continue. "Youth Voices" report by Being shares lessons from Youth Advisory Group and much more.. Read more: being-initiative.org/reports… @gchallenges #youthmentalhealth
New #funding_opportunity for growth-stage climate and health #innovations!
💡Only solutions that have already achieved proof of concept and show strong signals of impact and potential for scale will be considered. Learn more: grandchallenges.ca/funding-o… @CanadaDev @avpn_asia
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📣 Join us at the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin
@EDCTP3 and @gchallenges will hold a side meeting to explore how innovation can help address climate-driven infectious disease threats.
📅 11 October 2026 | 16:00-17:30 CEST
📍 Berlin, Germany
🔗 global-health-edctp3.europa.…
Last week at #UNGA81 GCC brought together innovators, funders and #ECD leaders & experts to reflect on 15 years of Saving Brains. Read our latest report: shorturl.at/J7PUM @CanadaDev
"Diseases like malaria and dengue are spreading faster than ever. We need bold ideas. We need them now, and we need them at scale," @karleesilver at the launch of Nexa Billion with Billionscale Health at @ClintonGlobal this morning. Learn more: grandchallenges.ca/2026/gran… #UNGA81
Today, GCC and BillionScale Health joined forces at the @ClintonGlobal Annual Meeting to launch Nexa Billion, a new initiative to help scale transformational climate and health technologies. Learn more: grandchallenges.ca/2026/gran… #UNGA81
🌐 We’re heading to #UNGA81! We will be in New York for UNGA 81 High-Level Week and #NYC #Climate_Week. Meet GCC delegation and explore our events here: gccsite.my.canva.site/unga81
Communities least responsible face the greatest #health risks. Nexa Lighthouse will fund locally led innovations that address the growing health impacts of climate change across #Asia and the #Pacific. @CanadaDev @avpn_asia
Learn more: nexalighthouse.org
Introducing Nexa Lighthouse! 🌏
GCC and @avpn_asia have launched Nexa Lighthouse to support locally led innovations that help communities across Asia and the Pacific anticipate, adapt to, and respond to climate-related health threats.
Learn more: nexalighthouse.org
Nexa Lighthouse is co-led by GCC (in partnership with @canadadev) and @avpn_asia, with a coalition of funding partners including: @BayerFoundation, @IndiaHealthFund, @novonordiskfond, @Collective_FS and Temasek Foundation.
Did you know that Mosquitos don't have teeth as we do? Still they’re killing more people each year than any other creature on earth. Via Nexa, we’re funding innovations to strengthen local response to mosquito-borne diseases. Learn more:shorturl.at/5LUjS
#WorldMosquitoDay
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"Let’s Play for Baranoa," by @FCCColombia, an innovation backed by Being (led at @gchallenges), is using #football to help children and young people build skills both on and off the pitch. 👉Learn more: being-initiative.org/news/mo…
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#CaseStudy: explore how @SurgiBoxInc is changing what’s possible with an ultraportable, battery-powered sterile operating environment that fits into a backpack: humanitariangrandchallenge.o… @FCDOGovUK @CanadaDev @gchallenges
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Very happy to do this podcast with @alberto_lidji. We explore innovation, philanthropy, careers and more. Check it out 👇🏻 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
“We're unlocking financing. We're pulling resources, we're learning from each other. We're building a robust program that will reach as many lives as possible.” Karlee Silver, CEO, GCC.
👉Watch the story behind Nexa: youtu.be/YDCM3jgHYgY
@CanadaDev @SciforAfrica #Climate
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#CaseStudy: Learn how spatial repellents are helping prevent leishmaniasis in conflict-affected communities in #Syria. Full case study: humanitariangrandchallenge.o… @gchallenges @FCDOGovUK @TheM_initiative #Innovation #humanitarian
We’re extending the TTS application deadline! There’s still time to apply for #funding to #scale climate and #health #innovations across eligible countries in #Africa, #LatinAmerica, and the #Caribbean. Apply here: grandchallenges.ca/funding-o… @CanadaDev @SciforAfrica #ClimatexHealth
#Nexa: The impact of #climate_change is deeply human. Women, children, smallholder farmers, and the communities that have contributed the least to the challenge are bearing the brunt.
👉Watch the story behind Nexa: youtube.com/watch?v=YDCM3jgH…
👉Apply here: nexaclimate.org