Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care

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Enter by: Sep 26, 2007 | Voting begins: Oct 24, 2007 | Winners Announced: Nov 8, 2007

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Changemakers, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), is proud to announce the three winners for the Why Games Matter competition. The winners will each receive US $5,000 and all finalists will attend the Changemakers Change Summit at the RWJF-sponsored Games for Health Conference in Baltimore, MD in May 2008.

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Winners announced below

Winner	Country of origin
Freedom HIV/AIDS - Mobile Phone Games to create HIV/AIDS awareness in Asia and Africa ZMQ Software Systems	India
"RePlay: Finding Zoe" Video Game The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)	Canada
A virtual gaming world to help young people get through tough times Inspire Foundation	Australia

Finalist	Country of origin
Accessible educational software motivating children with disabilities to participate more fully in therapy and education AT KidSystems, Inc.	United States
NASA, Video Games and the Force Within CyberLearning Technology	United States
Building HOPE: Developing the Nation's First High-Speed Inter-hospital Gaming Network Project HOPEconnectsKIDS	United States
Using video games to establish compliant behaviors Guidance Interactive Healthcare	United States
Bollywood based Mass Multiplayer on-line dancing game. Dance, chat, socialize on-line to the latest tunes of Bollywood and use o Kreeda Games India Pvt Ltd	India
It's Never 2 Late Empowering Lives Through Technology It's Never 2 Late	United States
Bringing IT into Cardiovascular Exercise to promote Health & Wellness Pantometrics, Ltd	United States
Use It or Lose It! Brain Training for a better quality of life with age. Happy Neuron Inc.	United States
Fatworld - get fat, stay healthy or die, its all up to you in Fatworld. Persuasive Games LLC	United States
Ayiti: The Cost of Life" - an online game developed with youth that addresses community health issues in rural Haiti Global Kids, Inc.	United States
Health Advisor - an online game for transforming the health care system Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology	United States