A team of Ethiopian and Canadian researchers have won a research grant from International Development Research Centre (IDRC).The Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has announced the selection of the Implementation Research Teams in the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Canada program. The announcement is viewable at: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2015/02/25/pm-meets-bill-gates-advance-maternal-newborn-and-child-health-priority

Following the Prime Minister Harper’s announcement, IDRC issued a
press release and backgrounder about the Innovating for Maternal and
Child Health in Africa program. The press release is viewable at: http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Media/Pages/news-release-Ensuring-the-future-of-mothers-and-children.aspx