Grand challenges in global health

Grand challenges in global health

The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative is a partnership dedicated to supporting scientific and technical research to solve critical health problems in the developing world. Currently 14 independent "Grand Challenges" are supported. The initiative's partners are the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health [http://www.fnih.org] , and the Wellcome Trust.

The Grand Challenges

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ImproveVaccines/singledosevaccines/ Grand Challenge #1] : Create Effective Single-Dose Vaccines that Can be used Soon After Birth

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ImproveVaccines/heatstablevaccines/ Grand Challenge #2] : Prepare Vaccines that Do Not Require Refrigeration

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ImproveVaccines/needlefreedelivery/ Grand Challenge #3] : Develop Needle-Free Delivery Systems for Vaccines

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/CreateNewVaccines/TestsForVaccineEvaluation/ Grand Challenge #4] : Devise Reliable Tests in Model Systems to Evaluate Live-attenuated Vaccines

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/CreateNewVaccines/DesignAntigensForProtectiveImmunity/ Grand Challenge #5] :Solve How to Design Antigens for Effective, Protective Immunity

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/CreateNewVaccines/LearnaboutImmunologicalResponses/ Grand Challenge #6] :Learn Which Immunological Responses Provide Protective Immunity

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ControlInsectVectors/GeneticStrategy/ Grand Challenge #7] :Develop a Genetic Strategy to Deplete or Incapacitate a Disease-transmitting Insect Population

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ControlInsectVectors/ChemicalStrategy/ Grand Challenge #8] :Develop a Chemical Strategy to Deplete or Incapacitate a Disease-transmitting Insect Population

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/ImproveNutrition/NutrientRichPlants/ Grand Challenge #9] : Create a Full Range of Optimal, Bioavailable Nutrients in a Single Staple Plant Species

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/LimitDrugResistance/MinimizeResistance/ Grand Challenge #10] : Discover Drugs and Delivery Systems that Minimize the Likelihood of Drug Resistant Micro-organisms

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/CureInfection/Therapies/ Grand Challenge #11] : Create Therapies that Can Cure Latent Infection

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/CureInfection/ImmunologicalMethods/ Grand Challenge #12] : Create Immunological Methods that Can Cure Latent Infection

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/MeasureHealthStatus/PopulationHealth/ Grand Challenge #13] : Develop Technologies that Permit Quantitative Assessment of Population Health

[http://www.gcgh.org/Projects/MeasureHealthStatus/DiagnosticTools/ Grand Challenge #14] : Develop Technologies that Allow Assessment of Individuals for Multiple Conditions or Pathogens at Point of Care

External links

* [http://www.gcgh.org Grand Challenges in Global Health Official Site]
* [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/BreakthroughScience/GrandChallenges Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Announcement]
* [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX025667.html Wellcome Trust Annoucement]
* [http://press.arrivenet.com/health/article.php/660308.html Arrive Article]
* [http://www.fnih.org Foundation for the National Institute of Health]
* [http://www.globalizationandhealth.com Globalization and Health]


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