These are among 20 Canadian projects that have won funding through Grand Challenges, which is awarding $2 million to Canadian innovators with ideas that address issues of child and maternal health. On Monday, the program announced 20 winning projects, seeking out creative solutions to health-care problems in developing and middle-income countries. A 3D printer does the measuring and can create a customized brace that fits a growing child for about $40. A 3D printer is used to create a scoliosis brace. Ricelsa Gem Otico, project coordinator, interviewis a new mom at Barangay Health Centre in Caloocan City in the Philippines.

Source: CBC News November 20, 2017 15:11 UTC