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3 Grand Challenges for Investing in Young Children Globally
3 Grand Challenges for Investing in Young Children Globally
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OVERVIEW2 Gary L Darmstadt explained that Grand Challenges were developed in 2003, initially as a call for global health solutions, that has since expanded into a diverse family of initiatives.
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As part of the 10th anniversary of Grand Challenges, Darmstadt stated that a new series of challenges were launched, including a call for putting women and girls at the center of development. This challenge is designed to identify strategies to engage vulnerable women and girls worldwide to improve their health, development, and economic outcomes, and address issues of gender equality.
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This initiative moves beyond reducing preterm birth by expanding the efforts to promote health further into the lifespan. All Children Thriving programs includes three components: diet and nutrition during pregnancy through age 5; maternal, newborn, and child health, including a number of interventions such as immunization, postnatal growth, and management of childhood illness; and social and environmental factors, such as water, sanitation, and violence and child abuse.
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McMahon noted that the success of the Saving Brains challenge rests on a comprehensive partnership at global, regional, and local levels, including both implementation partners and donors. In closing, McMahon remarked that the Saving Brains partnership, first announced in October 2014, includes Grand Challenges Canada, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Norlien Foundation, Bernard van Leer Foundation, and FMCSV.
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