A Mobile Solution to the Vaccination Problem
The WHO declares vaccine hesitancy and complacency as one of the Top 10 threats to Humanity
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that vaccination is the best defence against deadly and debilitating infections, such as measles.
Vaccines protect billions of people around the world. They have completely got rid of one disease - smallpox - and are bringing the world close to eliminating others, such as polio.
But some other diseases, such as measles, are making a resurgence and experts say people avoiding vaccines, fuelled by fear and misinformation, is one of the main causes.
In the Pacific, over the last 5 years, there has been a sharp decline in the immunisation rates across multiple nations. In some nations, vaccination rates are as low as 31%.
Health Care workers are nowadays faced with new challenges, especially surrounding debunking myths surrounding vaccinations that are spread by anti-vaxxer campaigners. Compounding to this, (especially in the rural remote landscape) access to information about immunisations is minimal.
In the Pacific we have access to over
5 million SMS enabled mobile phone handsets
How can we use this channel to assist health care workers in achieving their vaccination goals and stabilising herd immunity?
OUR AIMS
MOVAC utilises Free ($0.00 rated) SMS as the service delivery medium, as to enable all handset users (irrespective of prepaid balance) to interact with the service.
Upon subscribing to MOVAC, we gather the users information, as to deliver personalised and meaningful information
We provide general information to the subscriber regarding the importance of immunisations (concepts such as her immunity) and also to debunnk some of the common misconceptions regarding vaccinations.
We create profiled segments based upon Demographical / Topographical / Geographical to allow Health Sector workers to monitor and evaluate vaccination campaigns and the overall status of a nations immunity.
Collect data on the status of the subscribers immunisations, and generate meaningful and timely reports for Monitoring and Evaluation purposes to Government and Organisations, to assist in planning immunisation campaigns and more effectively invest budgets in different areas requiring interventions.
Find out more about how MOVAC works or contact us directly for more information
