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This project, also know as TUSEME KWELI (let’s face it), aims to help children, adolescents, and women who are at risk of, or survivors of, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) access sexual and reproductive health care in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi. Project activities include: (1) providing training to communities and raising awareness about sexual and reproductive health and rights topics, particularly SGBV; (2) providing training to health care providers and facilities on sexual and reproductive health care, and particularly supporting them with relation to caring for those who are at risk of, or are survivors of, SGBV; and (3) advocating for policy which addresses SGBV, including preventative measures and also improving care and services for survivors, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project expects to benefit nearly 3 million people. The University of Montreal’s International Health Unit is implementing this project in partnership with the Hygeia Initiative, the Panzi Foundation and numerous local partners including women’s and youth rights groups.

P008082001 : The DANBÉ project aims to fill the SRHR gap for women and adolescent girls in the Sikasso and Segou regions by strengthening the capacity of health facilities through regular training and coaching of providers, provision of medical and non-medical equipment, and improved and more integrated management of SRHR/GBV services. Women and girls would have access to a full range of services, including emergency obstetric and neonatal care, family planning, comprehensive sexuality education, prevention of sexually transmitted infections, and prevention and response to GBV. The project will strengthen the capacities of the relevant technical departments of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and the Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family in order to improve the availability and quality of services.

P008082002: This component aims to strengthen the capacity of 28 health facilities to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, through the training of health personnel on infection prevention and control, communication and social mobilization, and the provision and proper management of inputs.

This project seeks to support the realization of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), well-being and dignity of marginalized adolescent girls and boys in all their diversity, in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma City Council. The Accelerated Hope and Development for Adolescents in Tanzania (AHADI) project focuses on supporting adolescents according to their age groups (10-14 years of age and 15-19 years of age) and works in five urban districts and their surrounding communities. Project activities include: (1) identifying and addressing barriers to health-related human rights for adolescent girls and boys; (2) supporting adolescent girls (10-19 years of age) in making informed decisions on nutrition, SRHR and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) protection services by enhancing the capacity of guardians, community influencers and community institutions, such as the police, to advocate for adolescent girls’ protection and the reduction of harmful traditional practices and norms; (3) enhancing the inclusive and equitable use of quality adolescent-friendly, gender-responsive and pandemic-responsive and resilient SRHR and nutrition services, including substance misuse prevention and iron and folic acid supplementation; (4) responding to the increased vulnerability of young girls to violence, unwanted pregnancy, disrupted health services and impacted livelihoods, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (5) empowering the most vulnerable adolescent girls and boys (15-19 of years of age, including SGBV survivors, substance users, those living with disabilities, those living on the streets and those engaged in transactional sex) to participate in gender-equitable poverty reduction activities through the labour market and entrepreneurship programs; and (6) integrating a life skills and economic empowerment component to enable adolescent girls to have greater financial autonomy, reducing their poverty and the burden of unpaid care.

The project seeks to directly reach 284,139 girls and 192,480 boys (approximately 60% of the adolescent population in the project area) and 137,487 women and 137,486 men caregivers, 1,000 women and 1,160 men faith/community leaders, 250 women and 250 men teachers, and 200 women and 200 men community health workers.

This project aims to develop tools using artificial intelligence to facilitate the research, addition, validation and management of wine and spirits products.

Continued improvements to its accuracy are strategically and technologically important, due to its role in the redefinition of the SI second with optical clocks, and as an ultimate frequency standard against which all other frequency generation and measurement devices will have to be calibrated. The Project aims to make a substantial leap in accuracy of the NRC Sr+ clock using a bold approach to remove its leading errors: the project team will develop a new cryogenic ion trap.

The project involves new developments of a personalized content delivery tool based around AI and Machine Learning automation.

As Virtual Marine continues to deliver more simulators to clients around the world, the number of issue inquiries and tickets from clients, both internally and externally, increase proportionally. This project will see the hiring of a recent Bachelor of Sciences (Computer Science) graduate hired to work on the development and deployment of a computerized and on-line system, to be known as Knowledge Base, which will help clients find answers to solve their technical issues (e.g., setup, troubleshooting and maintenance). This system will help Virtual Marine scale out its client support program while improving overall client satisfaction and customer knowledge.

The project consists of improving the technologies that involve biological processes by making them more compact and efficient.

To encourage scientific research and related scientific activities (e.g. data collection, integration, monitoring, and communication, including communication via conferences and symposia) and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the areas of: (a) Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; (b) Ecosystem Science; (c) Oceanography and Modelling; and (d) Freshwater Science.