MIT Solve

Basic Information

Our tagline:

State of the art NICU Vans, providing reliable care to infants and mothers in areas lacking access to health resources.

Our pitch:

Imagine your hope of new beginnings, and happiness torn by fate's hand by the death of your beloved infant. Well, that's a living reality for most people who live in countries ravaged by poverty and civil war. Introducing Life Above All, a systematic way of ensuring the safe progression of birth conceptions, intensive care for infants and mothers after birth. Through the implementation of NICU setting in vans, containing equipment like cardio-respiratory monitor, MRI, blood pressure monitor. From the input of health professionals we are creating a unique and environmentally safe procedure for mothers to give birth in hopes of decreasing Infant mortality by more than 30 percent. By targeting one community at a time Life Above All will bring solidarity to many Individuals who live in rural areas.

Our solution is to create a safe net where mothers could give birth in the shape of eco-friendly vans that incorporates all the regular equipment of an NICU. Due to reasons like lack of health resources, and service disparities Infants in these kinds of area are more prone to being infected with a deadly disease, and not make it to the age of 5. Thus proving the crucial need for NICU vans, solely because premature or sick babies can be sensitive to the environment around them, so the NICU van provides secure, stabilized incubators that are designed to reduce noise and light levels. And a great team of health professionals who vigilantly care for the infants.

According to the World Health Organization, “in Somalia infant mortality rate was estimated at 132 per 1,000 live births in 1999, with the rate of under-five mortality at 224 in Somalia, and confirms that 80% of deliveries occur at home in all regions of Somalia.” In all commonality this infant mortality is positively associated with deliveries conducted at home which is most unsanitary and families do not have the right resources to conduct such an operation. If successfully launched our solution will grant families in Somalia and other rural areas with the best environment to give birth and care for infants. After their care in the NICU vans mothers could be educated on how they can maintain their health and their infants through raspberry pi powered devices like computer or tablets that are energy efficient . Our solution is centered around providing service to families in rural areas, but also we will establish city wide networks to affect more people and make a change.

As immigrants that heralded from LDC countries lacking basic health care, we are truly driven to help those who fall along the same spectrum. From a diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives we have accumulated the passion for impacting our world for the greater good. And as current high school students in the city of Boston we are empowered by MIT Solve great contribution to our world for bringing together different solutions to the world's most pressing issues.

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Boston, MA, USA

The dimensions of the Challenge our solution addresses:

Effective and affordable healthcare services
Coordination of care

About Your Solution

What makes our solution innovative:

The innovational input of our solution comes not from our ability to come up with relatively new ideas but our hope of executing those ideas. With adequate resources we will turn our idea into a symbol that people look up to as a sense of relief from a quandary that has destroyed their status quo. Our goal is to provide a stable environment in NICU vans, where intense care is provided for infants and mothers. Through energy efficient tech we hope to educate mothers and parents on health. That's what makes our solution unique and innovative.

How technology is integral to our solution:

Life Above All is a unique in its own form of providing solidarity to many people around the world. With its ability of utilizing vehicles into tech-equipped NICU settings. Through trust-able intermediaries Generation Docs will reach out to worlds best health organizations via technological platforms. This will happen through strong partnerships with world health organizations in U.S. and Europe. Therefore providing education on maintaining health through tablets and computers for mothers and families with infants and children.

Our solution goals over the next 12 months:

Our solutions goals over the course of the next year is scaling up our idea and refining our product. We will do this by implementing several prototypes in for our solution in environments similar to our target population. Conducting extensive research on our natural target population will give us a sense of understanding, thus is crucial. Through the input of surveys and documentation we will then conduct an analysis on our prototypes for our product. Now, understanding the importance of reaching out to other organizations we will form partnerships with several organizations.

Our vision over the next three to five years to grow and scale our solution to affect the lives of more people:

Our vision over the next three to five years to grow and scale our solution to affect the lives of more people is to insure that the life of every infant is preserved, and every mother is provided with the necessary resources to thrive. Our solution is designed to adapt to diverse environments because of its ability to utilize change in the form of NICU vans in given any community. To reach out to more people we will have to market our solution in different social media platforms and start campaigns that will advocate for our cause.

Our website

https://msomane.wixsite.com/lifeaboveall

The key characteristics of the populations who will benefit from our solution in the next 12 months:

Pre-natal
Adult
Male
Rural
Lower

The regions where we will be operating in the next 12 months:

Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe and Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa

How we will reach and retain our customers or beneficiaries:

Generation Docs number one goal is fundamentally a social mission. Which is providing new ways to enhance the health standards of a given country. By targeting remote areas that do not have sufficient access to healthcare we are reliving the strain on hospitals and creating the best NICU setting in a van. Our beneficiaries include the patients directly benefiting from our system. Potential customers that benefit from our organization are hospitals, and educational institutions. We will retain our customers or beneficiaries by staying true to our values.

How many people we are currently serving with our solution:

Since our solution is currently at the prototype stage it has not yet been implemented in the target environment, but we have a clear and concrete understanding of our target population. Access to technology is not prominent in countries like Somalia, Kenya, uganda, our solution will provide digital pathways in addition to providing great health care in NICU vans for infants and mothers. Thus, emphasizing the importance health education for familes.By 2025 we hope to affect more than 100 million lives, and inspire an era of health, wellness.

How many people we will be serving with our solution in the 12 months and the next 3 years:

In the next 12 months we expect to be serving at least 500 families receive the best environment to insure the growth and development of their infant into adulthood. We expect this specific result from implementing our solution because with the right resources and tools we believe that our solution will accelerate into a reality for many people. By 2022 we will be able to have built a strong foundation, and affected close 10,000 families and decreased infant mortality by over 80 percent. These outcomes will be possible because we will increase our network and partnerships in many communities.

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