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News Release May 27, 2015 Better, More Affordable Prosthetic Knees Bound for Developing World Up to $1 million from investors, foundations matched by federal funds;
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Toronto / /

Company

Grand Challenges Canada / /

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El Salvador / Myanmar / Canada / Chile / /

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Bloorview Research Institute / Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / /

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prosthetic devices / sustainable solutions / lower limb prosthetic devices / outperformed existing technologies / prosthetic services / science and technology / /

MedicalCondition

chronic health problems / traffic injuries / /

MedicalTreatment

amputation / amputations / /

Organization

Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / Department of Foreign Affairs / Government of Canada / World Health Organization / Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / federal government / Canada’s International Development Research Centre / Bloorview Research Institute / International Development Research Centre / Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / /

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Peter A. Singer / Jan Andrysek / Patrick Brown / Tom Chau / Terry Collins / /

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Position

Singer / Chief Executive Officer / Minister / Lode Roels Press Officer / Scientist / Vice President of Research / Chief Executive Officer / /

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expensive existing technologies / easily outperformed existing technologies / /

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www.international.gc.ca / www.grandchallenges.ca / /

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