Bold solutions where they’re needed most From war zones to communities devastated by climate disasters, pandemics, and forced ...

Grand Challenges Canada is proud to support Be Girl through a catalytic equity investment that helps scale access to menstrual products and education for girls across Africa. In a recent piece of the ...

Les agent·e·s de santé communautaires sont souvent la première — et parfois la seule — source de soins dans les communautés mal desservies et éloignées.

Depuis 2010, Grands Défis Canada (GDC) appuie des innovateurs·trices en santé mondiale dans le développement d’idées audacieuses et la mise à l’échelle de leurs innovations grâce à un financement ...

Since 2010, Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) has supported global health innovators in developing bold ideas and transitioning their innovations to scale through targeted funding and support. By the end ...

By: Jocelyn Mackie, Co-CEO, and David Brook, Chief Strategy Officer, Grand Challenges Canada. A recent New York Times article, Moderna and U.S. at Odds Over Vaccine Patent Rights, highlights an ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. While the full impact of the pandemic on women and girls’ access to safe ...

Nous avons rencontré la Dre Johanna Sanchez, responsable du climat et de la santé à l’échelle mondiale chez Grands Défis Canada, pour une séance de questions-réponses afin d’explorer comment les ...

A newly launched development impact bond (DIB) is funding a health practice that will save and improve hundreds of newborn lives in Cameroon. This ground-breaking USD 2.8 million DIB is the first DIB ...

In 2021, Grand Challenges Canada partnered with Kore Global on a journey to better equip social impact innovators with the know-how to measure impact related to violence against women and girls (VAWG) ...

Since 2022, Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) has been actively funding at the intersection of climate change and health. What began as an emerging area of interest has rapidly become a core pillar of the ...

Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, supports 12 innovative projects that address violence against women in the developing world.