Grants and Contributions

With GAC’s support, UNICEF will reach 1,500,000 earthquake-affected people with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance, non-food items, child protection, emergency health and nutrition operations, and psychosocial support. Project activities include: (1) deploying WASH mobile teams to highly affected areas; (2) distributing medical and water, hygiene and sanitation kits; (3) distributing non-food items; (4) providing access to protection services for earthquake-affected children; and (5) providing psychosocial services to affected individuals.

This project aims to address a funding gap related to the menstrual health component of a pilot program entitled Enhancing food and nutrition security and health for vulnerable urban dwellers in Bangladesh. The World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) implements the program. This $170,052 contribution supports the Menstrual Health Management component implemented by UNFPA. It allows for the continued support of menstrual health management for vulnerable adolescent girls and women in a Dhaka slum. Project activities include: (1) providing and distributing three different types of sanitary napkins to 3,300 girls and women through 20 local shops; (2) building awareness among stakeholders of the need to address menstrual health issues; and (3) disseminating lessons learned.

This project aims to strengthen the international response to deliberate chemical and biological threats, attacks and incidents. Project activities include: (1) supporting multilateral advocacy, outreach and collaboration by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the health-security interface; (2) delivering tailored regional-level mapping and risk assessments to identify gaps and national capabilities to respond to chemical and biological threats; and (3) the developing standard operating procedures for the detection, assessment and management of potential deliberate chemical and biological events.

This project enables the organization and implementation of an outcome-oriented conference at Wilton Park, United Kingdom (19 to 21 June 2023).

However, the processes used to convert cells taken from a patient into a therapeutic product could be more efficient and easier to control. The project focuses on iPSC-derived CAR-NK immune cells, an upcoming anticancer therapy technology in which cells from a patient are modified and reintroduced to stimulate the patient's anticancer immune defences. Previous studies show that current production methods yield a low number of CAR-NK cells and that these cells rapidly lose their therapeutic attributes. The project investigates if new genome engineering strategies can improve the production of iPSC-derived CAR-NK immune cells.

The project team will utilize a quantum annealing processors for replacing the computationally expensive first-principles simulation with synthetic data generated by a quantum-assisted Machine Learning model – the Quantum Variational Autoencoder (QVAE).

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

This is particularly true for the growing senior population, increasing risk of social isolation, falls, and loss of independence. In this work, the project team will explore and evaluate emerging solutions to managing mobility disabilities in community-dwelling older adults.