TRA-DELIVER (Tracker and Deliver)

Yet, there are still nearly 20 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world today. These children are at risk of serious illness, complications, and death. This negatively impact on childhood’s school attendance and cognitive development.

In DRC, this problem is also due to the distance caregiver has to travel in search of vaccination and the risk of being raped, especially when traveling from one locality to another.

For us, every child born presents an immunization challenge that must be met if we are to give all children the benefit of vaccination optimally.

We developed TRA-DELIVER an immunization tracker and immunization home deliver expanding immunization access to children living in region affected by conflict. Routine immunization improves growth, school attendance and cognitive performance for children under five. We expect to insure that all children are immunized at the real time and mothers/caregivers are protected from sex violence.

Despite the documented benefits of vaccines and immunization, global immunization coverage continues to stagnate, and we are off-track to reach the 2025 targets for coverage and equity articulated by both the Global Vaccine Action Plan, as well as the Gavi Alliance. We believe that "demand-side" factors have an increasingly important role to play in helping accelerate progress.

By caregiver’s careless and forgetfulness, around 20 million children do not have access to routine immunization (WHO); around 60% of these victims live in10 countries (Angola, Brazil, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan & SA).  In DRC, this problem is also due to the distance caregiver has to travel in search of vaccination and the risk of being raped, especially when traveling from one locality to another.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is listed among the 10 undeveloped countries were immunization coverage continues to stagnate and our targeted people lives under $2 PPP a day.

We have conducted a study on the problem that cause children to start or not to complete the vaccination program in the North Kivu region with armed groups. Out of 375 mothers interviewed in different localities, 53% mentioned the problem of distance to search for vaccines and the risk that they might be violated when traveling. 47% mentioned forgetfulness and others. We have also approached 30 healthcare providers on the issue, 72% mentioned the problem of the supply chain given the impassability of roads and the lack of electricity for vaccine storage while also mentioning the difficulty of identifying children who missed this or that other vaccine. It is in this sense that we have set up this project combining mobile technology and Blockchain adapted to the reality of the region to address these problems and reducing barriers to primary healthcare for vulnerable children through digital health technology.

TRA-DELIVER is an immunization and growth tracker and an immunization cold chain logistic deliver geo locating caregivers to deliver vaccines in rural areas. An immunization home delivers associating mobile technology Ֆ cold chain logistic that insure that every children are immunized. TRA-DELIVER is a kit composed of the following elements:

1. A mobile application using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology that does not require the internet or a smartphone with the following features:

- Record all births and customize vaccination schedules for each child as well as track that the child is vaccinated at the best time.

- A GPS system allowing immunization providers to geo-locate the caregiver that the child needs a vaccine to reach him either by his address or by the location of his GSM.

2. A refrigerated bike powered by a 12v dynamo to maintain a favorable temperature for vaccines during the delivery of vaccines in rural areas where the road is impassable by vehicles.

3. A balance to track the growth of the child.

We combine GSM-based mobile technology and logistics in vaccine home delivery in rural areas. Instead of the mother traveling miles in search of vaccines with the risk of being raped, TRA-DELIVER is responsible for identifying children who need this or that other vaccine and delivers it at home using the GPS system.

Our technology is an Artificial Intelligence that identifies, identifies and locates children who need the vaccines to enable TRA-DELIVER to deliver the desired vaccine in real time.

Childhood vaccination has previously been linked to reduced morbidity and reductions in stunting and wasting in young children. Our results suggest that childhood vaccination has positive health effects that persist and are demonstrated in young teenagers in the form of increased cognitive ability. Since increased cognitive ability has in turn been linked to higher productivity and earnings as an adult our study opens the possibility of seeing childhood vaccination as an investment in human capital.

Then, TRA-DELIVER will be tracking and delivering safely vaccines at home in order to reduce barriers to primary healthcare for vulnerable children through digital health technology.

1. Currently we do not have any served number of people because we are at the prototype stage (building our technology).
2. In the first year of the project launch, we intend to serve 15000 children.
3. In the next 5 years we will duplicate ourselves in other parts of the DRC and in other countries like Angola and Nigeria with the goal of reaching 2.5 million children.

From January to December 2020, launch and execute the pilot project with the mission to reach 15000 children.

Create a network of immunization volunteers with the main mission to deliver vaccines.

Expand facility enough to process and store produce

In the next 5 years we will duplicate our solution in other parts of the DRC and in other countries like Angola and Nigeria with the goal of reaching 2.5 million children.

1. Untimely power cuts are also a big challenge in the development of technological solutions.

2. In our region, there is an absence of venture capital investors to finance the growth of social enterprises.

3. Partnering with organizations

To overcome technical challenge, we plan to buy a 5000W solar kit to ensure energy permanence.

To remedy financial barriers we are mobilizing philanthropic organizations around the TRA-DELIVER project in order to raise funds.

About the third problem, we beleive SOLVE will help us to build sustainable partnership with potential partners.

1. Full-time staff: 3
2. Part-time staff: 5
3. Other workers separately: 1

Our team prioritizes provision of technology-based solutions that improve system development, tackle problems and improve efficiency. The team’s diversity and experience working in public health field in DRC through the international organizations (UNICEF and Hope in Action) makes the team a perfect fit for purpose. We will work with these entities to facilitate engagements, requirement gathering and implementation of the project. We have Immunization Specialist Andrew KASOGO who implements simple sustainable strategies using various quality improvement approaches to address public health problems, Ngongo Guylain Gynecologist - Obstetrician and Medical Director at Kyeshero Hospital. The Health Informatics team leaded by Bubala Clovis will lead the requirement gathering session and the enhancements.

We are planning to collaborate in piloting the innovation with UNICEF, Public Health Ministry, Clinics and local communities. We have collaborated with all these partners on SOS-PlanFam project over the last 2 years. Each brings their own expertise to ensure the innovation is as effective and scalable as possible. They will advise on the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of the innovation. They will also help to ensure evidence is used to inform policy and practice.

Our key customers are parents who needs to follow-up their children’s growth and insure that their children are immunized through mobile technology and logistic facility; Governments and NGOs who needs data for scientific study and decision making.

Our beneficiaries are children who will be immunized from diseases and growth follow-up to reduce barriers to healthy physical, mental, and emotional development. Value proposition: low-cost solution preventing violence against women, insuring children immunization and growth follow-up.

Our goal is to build a business model with multiple revenue streams:

Our key customers are government and NGOs to whom we are going to provide data through our application and parents must subscribe to the growth follow-up and vaccines home delivery for their children by contributing with a small amount of money.

Through Solve’s global network, we want to learn from and meet with potential partners. We are applying to Solve because:

1. Solve can help us build sustainable partnership with potential partners,
2. Better develop pilot studies and clinical trials to collect and analyze appropriate data,
3. Define go-to-market strategy: first to private facilities, then to public facilities through the government and,
4. Define how to monetize data and services.

We would like to partner with UNICEF, Public Health Ministry and Clinics. To bring their own expertise to ensure the innovation is as effective and scalable as possible. They will advise on the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of the innovation. They will also help to ensure evidence is used to inform policy and practice.

50% of the prize will cover direct costs

10% of the prize will help for equipment and commodities

5% of the prize will cover indirect costs;

30% will be used to execute the pilot project in the DRC before opening it to other regions;

5% will be used to analyze and adjust the mobile application regarding to the pilot project feedback & reporting.

Our solution will be preventing women against violence from which they are victims along the way in search of vaccines for their children. Thus, the price will be used as follows:

50% of the prize will cover direct costs

10% of the prize will help for equipment and commodities

5% of the prize will cover indirect costs;

30% will be used to execute the pilot project in the DRC before opening it to other regions; 

 5% will be used to analyze and adjust the mobile application regarding to the pilot project feedback & reporting.

50% of the prize will cover direct costs

10% of the prize will help for equipment and commodities

5% of the prize will cover indirect costs;

30% will be used to execute the pilot project in the DRC before opening it to other regions; 5% will be used to analyze and adjust the mobile application regarding to the pilot project feedback & reporting.