Funded by the Government of Canada and other partners, Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®.

Accra, Ghana – 21 November 2024 – The Ghana Health Service, USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact (CII), Grand Challenges Canada, and AMP Health are proud to announce the launch of a set of 10 innovative maternal and neonatal health projects across six priority regions of Ghana as part of the Country Innovation Platform Ghana Pilot partnership.

The Challenge. One in seven adolescents worldwide faces mental health conditions, and suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds.In low- and middle-income countries, up to 90% of young people’s mental health needs are unmet due to a lack of resources. Despite the growing need, national health budgets globally only allocate 2% to mental health.

Dakar, Senegal (December 3, 2024) — We are proud to announce the groundbreaking new innovations selected in Grand Challenges Senegal’s first two funding calls. The selected projects address epidemic intelligence, surveillance, and outbreak response, as well as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve global health. The projects are being supported through a collaboration […]

Global Mental Health. Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health program supports Bold Ideas with Big Impact.® The aim of the program is to seed and transition to scale high impact innovations that support the mental health needs of underserved individuals, in particular young people, in low-and middle-income countries.

As the Senior Director, Humanitarian Innovation at GCC, Fawad is responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of Humanitarian Grand Challenge (HGC) program of GCC. He is also responsible for maintaining strategic partnership related to HGC and informing the Canadian and Global humanitarian policies and systems. Fawad Akbari is a pediatrician, global health, and humanitarian […]

Play. Learn. Thrive. Grand Challenges Canada is. launching a new portfolio, Play Learn Thrive, to respond. to gaps in current Early. Childhood Development in

Pulkit Aggrwal is a Portfolio Manager on Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Health Innovation team. In this role he focuses on conducting due diligence on investments, negotiating funding agreements, and supporting innovators in low resource settings. Pulkit has worked in management consulting, health, and social impact. He has international experience, working across academic institutes ...

Mohini is a thought partner to the CEO and the leadership team on corporate strategy. She has over a decade of experience leading nonprofits across Africa, India and Latin America on their digital transformation journey for better delivery for community health, agriculture and financial inclusion services. She returned to Toronto in 2020 after a decade […]

Rahul is a seasoned global leader, with deep experience in social impact, innovation and sustainability. Prior to Grand Challenges Canada, he was the Managing Partner at Upswing Solutions, an ESG advisory services firm, the VP of ESG at Export Development Canada, the Managing Partner at Care Impact Partners, and the Executive Direct of the Global Alliance on Humanitarian Innovation.