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Develop childcare, eldercare, water, transport, health, and social-protection systems that reduce the hidden labor limiting women's education and income.
social-civic-problems
asia
india
reducing
unpaid
care
burdens
local
service
design
develop
childcare
eldercare
society-governance
systems
economics-resources
health-biology
climate-environment
open
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Develop locally credible communication systems that address uncertainty, past harm, rumors, and access barriers without stigmatizing hesitant communities.
health-biology
africa
democratic-republic-of-the-congo
communication
uncertainty
building
trusted
public-health
vaccine
develop
locally
credible
systems
society-governance
reliable
communities
technology-computing
last
Build resilient, lawful communication channels for emergency notices, legal rights, health information, and community coordination when networks are restricted.
society-governance
asia
iran
information
ensuring
access
public
during
internet
shutdowns
build
resilient
lawful
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
haven
health-biology
Create interoperable enrollment, portable learning records, mobile instruction, and language support for children whose families move for work.
social-civic-problems
asia
india
children
improving
education
continuity
seasonal
migration
create
interoperable
enrollment
portable
global-unspecified
health-biology
low
displaced
african
open
South Africa, Africa
Build privacy-respecting systems that identify transport, health, safety, family-care, work, and disengagement causes behind persistent student absence.
society-governance
africa
south-africa
detecting
addressing
chronic
absenteeism
dropout
build
privacy-respecting
systems
identify
transport
health-biology
health
economics-resources
technology-computing
ensuring
Develop methods to quantify livelihoods, health, culture, land, and social losses caused by drought, salinization, erosion, and chronic heat.
climate-environment
measuring
loss
damage
household
level
slow-onset
disasters
develop
methods
quantify
climate
economics-resources
global-unspecified
health-biology
health
whether
relocation
Create trusted local communication systems that counter false evacuation, health, aid, and weather claims before they cause physical harm.
climate-environment
preventing
climate
misinformation
during
disaster
response
create
trusted
local
communication
society-governance
systems
health-biology
public
health
technology-computing
fiscal
Develop diagnostics, certification, modular design, and business models for second-life batteries without creating fire hazards or shifting disposal burdens to poorer regions.
health-biology
batteries
reusing
retired
electric-vehicle
safely
develop
diagnostics
certification
modular
design
climate-environment
systems
haven
global-unspecified
recycling
solved
waste
open
Mexico, North America
Develop monitoring, crop-selection, treatment, and incentive systems that protect health while preserving a critical irrigation resource.
society-governance
north-america
mexico
safe
reuse
treated
wastewater
peri-urban
farming
develop
monitoring
crop-selection
treatment
systems
health-biology
climate-environment
health
global-unspecified
Build robust sensors that can alert utilities and communities to microbial contamination before outbreaks occur, even in turbid and intermittently supplied networks.
climate-environment
south-america
peru
contamination
real-time
detection
pathogen
piped
water
build
robust
sensors
alert
global-unspecified
health-biology
rural
environmental
communities
Develop mapping, treatment, and enforcement strategies where homes, workshops, tanneries, and small factories discharge into the same unmanaged drainage networks.
climate-environment
asia
india
drainage
separating
industrial
wastewater
domestic
informal
settlements
develop
mapping
treatment
economics-resources
society-governance
urban
social-civic-problems
health-biology
open
Sierra Leone, Africa
Design repair financing, local spare-parts networks, remote diagnostics, and accountability models that keep water points functional after initial projects end.
health-biology
africa
sierra-leone
water
maintaining
rural
pumps
donor-funded
installation
design
repair
financing
local
climate-environment
mathematics-logic
public
economics-resources
before
open
United States, North America
Develop affordable, maintainable treatment and disposal approaches for persistent fluorinated chemicals in communities unable to operate advanced centralized treatment plants.
local-regional
north-america
united-states
removing
pfas
small
municipal
water
systems
treatment
develop
affordable
maintainable
health-biology
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
open
Mexico, North America
Create legal, technical, and cooperative mechanisms that protect farmers' ability to save, exchange, and improve seeds while maintaining quality and disease safety.
health-biology
north-america
mexico
securing
seed
sovereignty
communities
facing
corporate
consolidation
create
legal
technical
economics-resources
society-governance
global-unspecified
systems
community
Develop surveillance and quarantine systems that work across informal nurseries, border markets, and online plant commerce where official controls are weak.
economics-resources
informal
plant
preventing
invasive
pest
spread
trade
develop
surveillance
quarantine
settlements
systems
society-governance
technology-computing
without
public
health-biology
Create practical monitoring, veterinary access, and disease-prevention systems that reduce indiscriminate antimicrobial use in fish and shrimp farming.
health-biology
asia
vietnam
measuring
reducing
antibiotic
aquaculture
create
practical
monitoring
veterinary
access
disease-prevention
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
climate-environment
technology-computing
Develop low-cost ways to map and manage rising soil salinity before farms become economically unviable due to over-irrigation, seawater intrusion, or poor drainage.
economics-resources
asia
pakistan
soil
early
detection
salinization
irrigated
farming
regions
develop
low-cost
ways
climate-environment
health-biology
global-unspecified
haven
health
Develop accurate sensors and interventions for biomass smoke, kerosene, mold, and particulate exposure in low-income homes without assuming reliable internet or grid power.
climate-environment
asia
nepal
air-pollution
homes
low-cost
monitoring
dangerous
indoor
air
pollution
develop
accurate
sensors
global-unspecified
low
health-biology
cost
open
Mexico, North America
Create screening and referral models that use portable imaging, AI validation, and dependable follow-up for people with diabetes outside urban eye-care systems.
local-regional
north-america
mexico
preventing
vision
loss
diabetic
retinopathy
underserved
districts
create
screening
referral
systems
society-governance
health-biology
models
economics-resources
open
Canada, North America
Establish evidence-based tools and public-health interventions for repeated smoke exposure, especially among children, older adults, and outdoor workers.
health-biology
north-america
canada
smoke
exposure
managing
long-term
health
effects
wildfire
establish
evidence-based
tools
global-unspecified
data
workers
public
mental