{"id":3040,"date":"2014-09-22T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T16:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2014-09-22T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T16:17:50","slug":"22-new-strategies-for-improving-childmaternal-health-in-the-developing-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/22-new-strategies-for-improving-childmaternal-health-in-the-developing-world\/","title":{"rendered":"22 new strategies for improving child\/maternal health in the developing world<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3041\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14944837410_e51d7b9f8b_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3041\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14944837410_e51d7b9f8b_o.jpg\" alt=\"Rice bran, a byproduct of rice refining that is often discarded or fed to livestock, can be used to fortify children's snacks with iron and vitamins. (Photo credit: Grand Challenges Canada)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14944837410_e51d7b9f8b_o.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14944837410_e51d7b9f8b_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rice bran, a byproduct of rice refining that is often discarded or fed to livestock, can be used to fortify children&#8217;s snacks with iron and vitamins. (Photo credit: Grand Challenges Canada)<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Federally-funded Grand Challenges Canada announced seed funding Sept. 22 for 22 projects submitted by innovators worldwide and designed to improve child and maternal health in the developing world. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A snack produced from rice bran waste in the Philippines to combat child iron deficiency;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A technique for safely storing vaccines at room temperature by applying a novel polymer coating;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A quick water test to help conquer deadly diseases;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A portable ultrasound imaging device to help medical professionals oversee childbirths in remote areas via cellular telecommunications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The full news release is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XwBo4F\" target=\"_blank\">available here<\/a><\/span>, and a complete list of projects along with links to photos, video and principal researcher contact details is <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1p5XHEm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">available here<\/span>. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federally-funded Grand Challenges Canada announced seed funding Sept. 22 for 22 projects submitted by innovators worldwide and designed to improve child and maternal health in the developing world. Examples include: A snack produced from rice bran waste in the Philippines to combat child iron deficiency; A technique for safely storing vaccines at room temperature by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[869,51,53,650,476],"class_list":["post-3040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-tip","tag-canada-en","tag-health","tag-medicine","tag-nutrition","tag-public-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14944837410_e51d7b9f8b_o.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4DqbN-N2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3042,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/3042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}