Cultural neuroscience and global mental health: addressing grand challenges

Autism and the grand challenges in global mental health.

There is increasing recognition of the global burden related to mental and neurological conditions greatly surpassing many health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Recently, partnership among leading funders and academics has given rise to the grand challenges in global mental health initiative, aiming to reduce the global burden associated with mental and neurological condi...

Challenges faced by multidisplinary new investigators on addressing grand challenges in global health

BACKGROUND The grand challenges approach aims to spark innovative and transformative strategies to overcome barriers to significant global health issues. Grand Challenges Canada endorses an 'Integrated Innovation™' approach that focuses on the intersection of scientific/technological, social and business innovation. In this article we explore themes emerging from a dialogue between the authors,...

Global mental health and neuroscience: potential synergies.

Global mental health has emerged as an important specialty. It has drawn attention to the burden of mental illness and to the relative gap in mental health research and services around the world. Global mental health has raised the question of whether this gap is a developmental issue, a health issue, a human rights issue, or a combination of these issues-and it has raised awareness of the need...

Grand Challenges awards 102 global health grants.

Grand challenges in global health governance.

INTRODUCTION This review identifies an agenda for global health by highlighting the current 'grand challenges' related to governance. SOURCES Literature from the disciplines of health policy and medicine, conference presentations and documents, and materials from international agencies (such as the World Health Organization). AREAS OF AGREEMENT The present approach to global health governan...