Connect Health e-Mind service

IMMUNI
SATION

THE CULTURE OF ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION (RI)

IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD
HAS DEVELOPED CONSIDERABLY

OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

Nevertheless,
Nigeria continues to lose infants at one of
the highest rates in the world

indicating that
MUCH MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE.

Many programmes have been implemented by a myriad of actors.

These are programmes in which vaccination is considered parents
responsibility to their children. In spite of these efforts, much is left to be desired,
as the threshold is yet to be crossed into success.

THAT IS THE PROBLEM

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION
NOTIFICATION

IMMUNISATION
ALERT

SOFTWARE MESSAGING SERVICE THAT

REACHES MOST IF NOT ALL MOTHERS IN
LAGOS STATE TO GIVE TIMELY REMINDERS OF
THEIR INFANTS SCHEDULED IMMUNISATION
THROUGH A MEDIUM THAT IS CLOSE, PERSONAL AND UNRESISTED

WHAT IS THIS

SOFTWARE?
Riding on existing institutional frameworks, and relying heavily on political will and
state government support, basic demographic data of mother and child will be collected in delivery rooms around the state. Since all infants must undergo the same
standardised immunisation programme, an immunisation schedule is generated for
each child by our proprietary software. The mother, (and key influencers like the
grandmother and father) then receives reminders of each scheduled immunisation
by SMS and robo call. With Nigeria having reached over 100% teledensity, the majority of Lagosians (including the urban and rural poor) will be reachable by their
cell phones or the cell phones of close family members.
It is well known that vaccination (i.e Expanded Programme on Immunization -EPI)
is one of the most cost-effective and successful public health initiatives to improve
child health. However, todays vaccination delivery system continues to prove insufficient in terms of distribution and coverage. Published literature in the field suggests that the most effective strategies to increase coverage hover between using
community health workers and personal canvassing/outreach to the concerned.

HOW
TO
IMPLEMENT
Our approach is Direct Outreach using modern information and communication technology. It starts from
organising data collection of the target audience, then
structuring the data for more effective and efficient RI
and finally, following up with adequate monitoring and
evaluation. It is a researched-based consultative process of addressing knowledge, attitudes and practices
through identifying, analysing and segmenting audiences and participants in programmes and by providing
them with relevant information and motivation
through well-defined strategies.

1.

Deeper outreach
penetration that will
lead to increased
immunization
coverage.

3.
5.

Given the significant

burden of
vaccine-preventable
diseases in Nigeria,
improving RI
coverage would
reduce child
mortality and
accelerate progress
towards the MDG 4
target.

Direct monetary benefits for

economy can also be realized
through averted treatment costs
and productivity losses. Its
been said that vaccines can
bring economic benefits as
well: according to recent
research projections conducted
by IVAC (International Vaccine
Access Centre at Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public
Health), achieving 90%
immunization coverage in the
next decade could add $17
billion to the Nigerian economy,
40% of which is Lagos.

2.

Higher success rate is

guaranteed as a result of
this individual direct
one-on-one reach.

4.

The data collection

processes related
to the use of the
e-Mind service
creates avenues to
dramatically
improve data
collection,
validation and
analysis with
respect to
immunisation, birth,
and maternal
health.

6.

A successful
implementation
of this project in
Lagos State will
demonstrate best
practices to be
replicated in the rest
of Nigeria and the
developing world.

Project
PARTNERS
THERE WILL BE BOTH GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL
DONOR ORGANISATIONS AS PARTNERS AT VARIOUS LEVELS
FOR VARIOUS ROLES. THESE WILL BE SIGNED ON AS PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION MATURES.

Dr. Tosan Mogbeyiteren

08057827418
tosanmogbeyi@gmail.com
Oluseye Bassir
08095154155
seyebassir@me.com