Shaping Health Futures: Advancing Equity and Market Innovations with Nivi
Exciting things that happened at Nivi in April 2024 and more. Also, we're looking to hire top talent at the intersection of health and technology, help spread the word.
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Building Vaccine confidence through innovative solutions: Nivi & Save the Children receive the prestigious VaxSocial grant from Global Impact, on behalf of the Advancing Health Online Initiative and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to build vaccine confidence in Nigeria and drive uptake of routine immunizations and the HPV vaccine using behavior change.
Leveraging AI to deliver precise and personalized health information: Nivi has been selected as one of the participants Chat for Impact GenAI Accelerator program powered by OpenAI. We are excited about the immense potential of GenAI in our chat solutions to make askNivi’s Health Journeys more meaningful, precise, and personalized.
Serving the underserved: askNivi’s Maternal Health Journey in India is now reaching more than 341 remote villages that lie along the course of the Brahmaputra river via a partnership with C-NES Boat Clinics.
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Building Vaccine Confidence through askNivi
We’re thrilled to announce that Nivi has been honored as a recipient of the prestigious VaxSocial Initiative grant funded by Global Impact, on behalf of the Advancing Health Online Initiative (AHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This grant awards $12 million to organizations committed to using social media to boost vaccine confidence and drive routine immunization and HPV vaccine uptake.
Vaccine hesitancy continues to be a significant challenge worldwide. Socio-cultural beliefs, limited access to reliable health information, and widespread myths about the safety and efficacy of vaccines contribute to low uptake rates. These challenges are compounded in regions with limited healthcare infrastructure, making public health campaigns less effective. Tackling this issue requires more than just medical intervention; it demands a comprehensive approach to education and community engagement.
With the VaxSocial Initiative grant, Nivi will explore how social media, combined with behavioral science, can effectively encourage positive health decisions concerning vaccination. In partnership with Save the Children in Nigeria, we will focus on innovative, community-driven approaches and leverage digital platforms to educate and empower people about the importance of routine immunizations.
This grant signifies a remarkable opportunity for Nivi to further our impact on global health by enhancing the effectiveness of vaccine programs at scale. We are excited to work alongside our fellow grantees and contribute to a body of evidence by generating insights that will inform future health interventions. This initiative will accelerate our mission to protect the next generation, reach those still underserved by current health systems, and bring us one step closer to a world where everyone has the knowledge and confidence to make positive health choices.
Leveraging GenAI to improve Maternal & Neonatal health outcomes in India
Nivi has been selected as a participant in the Chat for Impact GenAI Accelerator by Turn.io and OpenAI. The accelerator focuses on leveraging WhatsApp to drive social impact in critical sectors such as education, health, and economic mobility.
This selection underscores Nivi's strategic vision of using AI-driven chat solutions to solve significant global health challenges. Through the accelerator, Nivi will improve its maternal health communications in India, providing timely, personalized health advice to segments of pregnant women stratified by risk.
The maternal health journey in India employs our digital platform, askNivi, to deliver timely and personalized health advice to pregnant women, guiding them through pregnancy and early motherhood. By integrating generative AI at key points in the maternal health journey, Nivi aims to refine the relevance and timing of the information provided, ensuring that every interaction through askNivi is as impactful and supportive as possible. We will also deploy advanced AI techniques to enhance askNivi's understanding of user inputs and inquiries, enabling it to deliver precise and personalized health information based on individual needs.
The accelerator includes not only expert-led training but also grant funding and OpenAI API credits, culminating in a demo day where we will showcase the refined capabilities of askNivi’s AI-driven health journeys.
Nivi will continue to focus on sustainable impact using AI and insights gained from our service to drive continuous improvement and expansion across various health domains. Stay tuned to the newsletter for upcoming updates from the accelerator program.
Serving the underserved: how e-SAATHI uses askNivi to reach Assam's remote river islands and support pregnant women
Pregnancy is a critical period during which women require regular check-ups, support, and education to ensure the health and well-being of both themselves and their babies. Access to timely and comprehensive maternal care plays a crucial role in improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes.
Assam's maternal health landscape is undergoing a significant transformation with the introduction of Nivi's digital health solution, askNivi, into the state’s 150+ public healthcare facilities across Dibrugarh, Kamrup, and Jorhat districts. This expansion marks a major milestone in the e-SAATHI initiative’s efforts to improve maternal health outcomes in the state of Assam.
As part of this expansion into Assam's Public Health facilities, askNivi's Maternal Health journey was launched with Boat Clinics in Assam to reach the vast networks of islands along the winding course of Brahmaputra. The Boat Clinics in Assam organize more than 3000 camps annually, reaching more than 260,000 people across these islands. A pilot has been launched in the boat clinic in Chhaygaon block in Kamrup Rural and is expected to reach and serve a population of 16000+ in the district covering 341 villages in the Char (island) areas. As this public-private partnership grows, the askNivi Maternal Health Journey will be made accessible to the more than 2000 villages located in remote islands along the 891km course of the Brahmaputra river.
About askNivi Maternal Health Journey
Nivi's Maternal Health Journey launched in April 2023, under the e-SAATHI initiative, is a solution aimed at empowering pregnant women with critical health information and access to quality care. In the year gone by, more than 7300 pregnant women have subscribed to the journey and received weekly WhatsApp messages on health tips, ANC visit reminders & facility experience & service-related follow-ups. The MH journey is personalized to each mother, offering guidance and support from pregnancy through to the postnatal period, spanning 42 weeks of content. By facilitating engagement with healthcare providers and delivering timely health information, askNivi bridges the gaps between pregnant women and the healthcare system by meeting the patients where they are, in the language and context they are familiar with to drive improved outcomes for their and their child's health.
Careers at Nivi
We're looking for the right persons to navigate the intersection of health behavior & tech, finding opportunities to empower individuals on their health goals, while shaping markets and health systems to better serve people.
Know anyone who might be interested? Let them know about these open roles at Nivi!
Product Owner - Maternal Health (India-based, Remote)
Product Owner - HPV & Cervical Cancer (India/Kenya/Nigeria based, Remote)
Content Writer (India/Kenya based, Remote)
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