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Vaxi: Taxi for vaccination

VAXI is a vaccination delivery and administration service predicated on smart application technology.

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Describe what you intend to do and how you'll do it in one to two sentences (required 350 Characters)

Vaxi provides vaccine delivery and reminders to every family through taxi like fashion for rural America, and later India and South Africa.

Explain the innovation (2,500 characters)

The inconvenience of having children appropriately vaccinated has provided an obstacle for most parents. In fact, over 25% of children in the U.S. are not adequately vaccinated. The process of driving to a vaccination clinic and the insufferable wait times steals hours from working parents while causing children to miss school. The evidence demonstrates a fall-off of vaccine compliance in children starting at the age of 1. Most parents take their children to the appropriate well-child exams as infants, but as the child ages and is healthy the appointments taper off along with vaccine compliance. A more convenient solution that provides parents with the same level of care minus the inconvenience is desperately needed. In the US, our business is b2b2c. Vaxi charges health insurance per child per vaccine rate, saves doctor's time on administering vaccines, bring convenience to caregivers, and ensures every child is vaccinated. VAXI aims to bring convenience to the vaccination process. The platform is an online reminder and scheduling application combined with a delivery service through which trained personnel administer vaccinations at your convenience. Parents will register their children online and will be sent push notifications or text message reminders when their child is due for a vaccination. At the time of the reminder, the parent is able to schedule appointments to have the vaccine delivered and administered to the child (home, school, park, etc) . We offer the service for free to primary care providers, who buys and stores the vaccines. Vaxi medical assistants (cheaper hourly rate than nurses) receive the vaccination prescription and vaccines from pediatricians and drive to the patient's’ desire location to administer the shots.

Which part(s) of the world does this innovation target?

  • Southern Africa
  • Northern America
  • South-eastern Asia

Geographic Focus

America through pediatricians. South Africa and India through partners (we are currently in discussions with NGOs such as PATH)

Stage of Innovation

  • Prototype

Who will work alongside your organization in the project idea? (1,000 characters)

In the US, we partner with health insurance, pediatricians, family physicians, and medical assistants to democratize vaccine delivery. In India and South Africa, we partner with local NGOs such as PATH to help us navigate the local community health worker environment and get their buy in.

How is your idea unique? (750 characters)

Business model innovation: charge insurances, free to doctors, bring convenience to parents, and meet where the child is at. Product innovation: Parents simply register their children online and will be sent reminders via push notifications and/or text messages when their child is due for a vaccination. The parent is then able to schedule a vaccine appointment that is convenient for them and their child. VAXI will then deliver the vaccine to their home, workplace, or other convenient location where a trained professional will administer the vaccination. Other features are currently in development are: general vaccination information, disease outbreak notifications, access to child’s record, options for alternative vaccination etc.

What is the name of your organization

Vaxi

Explain your organization (250 characters)

Vaxi provides vaccine delivery. our mission is universal vaxination

Type of Submitter

  • We are not yet a registered organization but plan to in future

Organizational Characteristics

  • Female-led organization
  • Women’s health/rights focused organization

Gender and Diversity (500 characters)

Vaxi plans to be a social enterprise that leverages local transporation, medical technicians, and mobile apps to advance vaccine adoption, with focus in low income regions

Organization Location (less than 250 Characters)

California and Texas, USA

Size of organization (number of employees):

  • Less than 5 people

Scale of organizational work

  • Community (working within one or a few local communities within a region)

Tell us more about you

Dr. Jin Lee: Child psychologist, founder of BabyNoggin, Providence St. Joseph Health Ventures, Humana Innovation https://www.linkedin.com/in/jinlee3/ Dr. Lance Black: Family medicine physician, Associate director of Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-black-md-mbid-511ba147/ Dr. Bogdan Romanescu: PhD in computer engineering, Uber technical team lead for customer support, Salesforce senior director infrastructure security https://www.linkedin.com/in/bromanescu/

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