Vaccine-on-wheels project covering three cities gets Gates Foundation grant

The concept is designed to improve vaccination coverage among low-income-family children, covers Gurgaon, Allahabad and Surat on pilot basis

Jignesh Patel, a former business executive and currently Fellow of Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship(CfHE) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IITH) has won funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to implement an innovative vaccination service on wheels in three cities in India. His concept is expected to improve vaccination coverage among children of low-income families.

The project envisages providing mobile vaccine service, including a smart phone-based management application that provides customised vaccinations at homes and schools at a lower cost, to ensure children in all sections of the society receive the medication.

Patel, who joined CfHE in 2018, is a winner