SAFELY, A safe yellow card

Immigrant countries need vaccination certification which reassures them that people crossing their borders do not pose a public health hazard in their countries. Unfortunately! The vaccination cards issued by the public health administration are not reliable and have no authentication; anyone can make it.

Then we developed SAFELY that is a standard public health big data authenticating migrants/travelers’ immunization by connecting immunization stakeholders and border control officers to establish a vaccine reliability bridge between immigrant and transitional/receiving communities in order to prevent disease outbreaks and public health threats. Safely is using Data and AI technologies to find, rapidly stop, and prevent disease outbreaks and other public health threats.

Immigrant countries need vaccination certification which reassures them that people crossing their borders do not pose a public health hazard in their countries. Unfortunately! Vaccination cards or yellow cards issued by the public health administration in developing countries are not reliable and have no authentication; anyone can make it. The use of false vaccination cards exposes transitional/receiving communities to disease outbreaks and public health threats.

Although health security must be comprehensive to ensure the absence of epidemics worldwide;

We first target the populations of the DRC and those of neighboring countries in the DRC because they are the most exposed to the contamination of this kind of epidemic because of the mobility of the population of the DRC who immigrate the neighboring countries either by fleeing insecurity or in search of goods. Gradually, our solution will be deployed in other African countries which have a weak health system and thus represent a danger for the populations of the world.

L’authentification digitale de la vaccination est un problème global et notre proposition de solution pourrait y remédier efficacement et cela avec des moyens qui ne requiert pas nécessairement l’internet et des appareils smart. Le problème et notre proposition de solution s’alignent to the Mission Billion Challenge Global Prize and our selected dimension parce qu’elle contribuera à authentifier les cartes de vaccination portés par les migrants/voyageurs et cela par des moyens facile à utiliser en milieu rural.

No other digital solution has yet been developed to authenticate vaccination cards to ensure global health security.

The vaccination cards (Yellow cards) issued by the public health administration are not reliable and have no authentication; anyone can make it.

More seriously, the forms issued to certify vaccination against virus are simple papers that are not reliable and anyone can make it.

Thus, the use of false certificates or vaccination cards that expose the populations of the immigrant country / city has a serious public health danger as viral hemorrhagic fevers virus.

None of these means of attestation of vaccination against this or that other epidemic gives the migration control agents the means of control to authenticate the said certificates.

Safely value proposition:

- Fight against fraud,

- Reduces the cost of printing vaccination cards, - SMART: facilitates the migratory / travelers not to be encumbered with a lot of papers (notebook) and protects the environment by the reduction of use of the papers.

SAFELY is a standard public health big data authenticating migrants/travelers’ immunization by connecting immunization stakeholders and border control officers to establish a vaccine reliability bridge between immigrant and transitional/receiving communities in order to prevent disease outbreaks and public health threats.

Safely is using Data and AI technologies to find, rapidly stop, and prevent disease outbreaks and other public health threats.

The main features are:

1.            PUBLIC HEALTH DATA COLLECTION: enabling the public health worker to safely collect and store immunization data and deliver a stamp that can be stamped either behind the ID card, or inside the International passport to facilitate the migrant officer’ control.

2.            HEALTH CONTROL:

Registered migration branch officers have access to all public health data related to immunization.

The control can be made either online on the SAFELY platform or offline thanks to the stamp reader and keyword scanner in offline communities. To access this data, the officer at the border crossing enters either the serial number (stamp) or the name of the beneficiary or is displayed with the reader of the serial numbers, then his profile is displayed and checks the vaccines to which the traveler / immigrant has benefited.

Our theory of change is based on the eradication of fraud in through authentication of vaccination cards known as the "Yellow Card" to prevent the spread of viruses and other public diseases.

These will delivery following outcomes:

• Health threats have no borders: The SAFELY strengthen receiving communities’ abilities to control diseases that cross borders at ports, airports, and ground crossings.

• Travel and trade made safer: The SAFELY promote trade and tourism in countries and prevent economic damage caused by disease outbreaks. • Global health security is enhanced: The SAFELY establishes an offline control system not only for diseases but for anything biological and other threats to human health and livelihoods.

Is an easy to use solution even in an environment not connected to the Internet linked to a toll-free number to verify the vaccination authenticity.

Safely is using Data and AI technologies to connect diseases’ immunization stakeholders and border control officers to establish a vaccine reliability bridge between immigrant and transitional/receiving communities in order to develop and maintain capacity to find, rapidly stop, and prevent disease outbreaks and other public health threats.

The control can be made either online on the SAFELY platform or offline thanks to the stamp reader or through a toll-free number in offline communities.

No other digital solution has yet been developed to authenticate vaccination to ensure global health security.

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 5 million.

3. In the next 5 years we will duplicate our solution in other African countries with the goal of reaching 25 million.

By December 2020, launch and execute the pilot project with the mission to reach 3 countries using our platform.

Expand facility enough to process and store produce.

Increase market share by replicating our technology in at least 10 African countries the next 36 months. Increase market share by replicating our technology in at least 25 African countries the next 5 years.

The main risks are:

1) financing.  2) securing strategic partnerships to offset development and acceptance test costs.

The former can be de-risked significantly through the latter. For the latter, construction or lease of dedicated facilities for one-off or short-term use such as: irradiation facilities; high-power electric propulsion vacuum chamber facilities; We are seeking to work with both public and private partners to gain affordable access to such facilities.

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

We are a community-based innovations team for the global health problems facing women, children and global people in developing countries.

Our team has implemented Xantonn (www.xantonn.com), an electronic patient recording software that is currently getting a lot of traction in the health sector in Nairobi Kenya. In Goma DRC we have also implemented SOS-PlanFam (www.3grdc.com) which is a digital healthcare.

 The successful implementation of the above software in the health sector has given us enough experience to implement large scale projects and the diversity of our team allows us to work easily in various countries.

. We believe PERCY has the potential to be our next flagship innovation.

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 epidemiologist and Medical Director at Kyeshero Hospital. The Health Informatics team leads by Bubala Clovis will lead the requirement gathering session and the enhancements.

We are planning to collaborate with:

-              International Organization for Migration,

-              Public Health Ministries,

-              And local communities. We would like to partner with them to bring their 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 goal is to build a business model with multiple revenue streams:

Our business model is B2B.

Our key customers are Governments, NGOs and scientific research entities to whom we are going to provide data through our application.

And international travelers how must get the serial number (stamp) in stand of yellow cards.  And currently it is difficult to start charging directly for this. We must first create the need, as soon as users have experienced the benefits of our solution after a certain period, they will be required to pay access subscriptions according to control agents to manage.

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 by contributing with a small amount of money.

And to get the serial number (stamp) international travelers must contribute with a small amount of money.

None

We are seeking to raise 250.000$ for our solution in grant or with equity to scale our business.

The fund 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.

Fixed Costs/Overhead

Rent:                                            3600$

Utility bills:                                    600$

Phone bills/communication costs:   300$

Accounting/bookkeeping:                 150$

Legal/insurance/licensing fees:       550$

Postage:                                          100$

Technology                                    25000$

Advertising & marketing                  19000$

Salaries                                         13750$

Variable Costs

Materials and supplies                  4500$

Packaging                                    1500$

Customer service                           1500$ Total:                                 70550$

Through Solve 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 governments, International Organization for Migration, UNICEF, Public Health Ministry and Clinics. To bring their 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.