------------------------------------------------------------------------ *FROM TDR PARTNER, PROVIDED AS INFORMATION FOR SHARING* *WHO Africa Innovation Challenge * */Promoting African Solutions for Africa’s Health /* *Deadline for submission: Monday 10 December 2018 at midnight (GMT+1)* The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has launched the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge, calling for health innovations with the potential for having significant social impact and addressing the unmet health needs on the continent. The selection process for this Challenge will prioritize innovative and scalable healthcare solutions. Solutions that will be considered should be broadly categorized as either product innovations, service innovations or social innovations. WHO AFRO recognizes that a single solution may apply to more than one of the categories but applicants must choose the category that suits their solution’s best strength. */Detailed information on the criteria and the application form are available at:/* www.afro.who.int/innovchallenge <http://www.afro.who.int/innovchallenge> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *ABOUT TDR GLOBAL* TDR Global is a community of passionate scientists and experts who have been working with TDR to support the global research effort on infectious diseases of poverty. TDR Global members are TDR grantees, experts and researchers, TDR Staff and supporters. The aim of TDR Global is to catalyze local collaborative actions for research on infectious diseases of poverty by creating an environment of interaction, networking and sharing. <http://www.who.int/tdr/partnerships/tdr-global/en/>http://www.who.int/tdr/partnerships/tdr-global/en/TDR | TDR Global ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted by Sam Lanfranco Access CANCHID archives at: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/canchid.html . CANCHID is a constituency service to the Global Health Community and is managed by Prof. Emeritus Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]>