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SUVITA

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STARTED: Incubation Program 2019

SEED GRANT: $50,000

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Varsha Venugopal

Co-founder

MONEY FUNDRAISED TO DATE (Jan 2023): $1,080,000

TEAM SIZE (Jan 2023): 37

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Fiona Conlon
Co-founder

WEBSITE: https://www.suvita.org/

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Suvita works alongside governments to increase uptake of childhood immunizations to combat vaccine-preventable diseases through 1) sending SMS reminders directly to parents, and 2) building a network of immunization ambassadors.

CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:

  • Enrolled 600,000 families for SMS reminders about their child’s vaccinations

  • Enrolled 95,000 pregnant women for pregnancy care reminders

  • Recruited 3,500 immunization ambassadors in Saran district, Bihar, who are expected to connect with over 50,000 families to encourage and support them during their child’s vaccination journey

  • To date, Suvita estimate that their programs have enabled around 14,000 additional children to become fully vaccinated, saving roughly 150-200 lives

COST-EFFECTIVENESS:

  • Ongoing cost-effectiveness estimates by external research organizations (GiveWell, Founders Pledge) estimate that Suvita’s programmes could be in a similar range of cost-effectiveness, when delivered at scale, to GiveWell’s top charities. Suvita hopes these will be available publicly by early-mid 2023.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

  • Expanded SMS reminders program to cover two districts in the states of Bihar and Maharashtr, home to ~10% and ~5% respectively of the states’ populations.

  • Reaching more than an estimated 50,000 children through immunization ambassadors in Bihar; launched the ambassadors programme in Maharashtra state.

  • Ongoing partnerships with state government public health departments of Bihar (State Health Society) and Maharashtra (State Family Welfare Bureau). Participated at the invitation of state government partners in Gavi 5.0 strategy consultations and WHO State Routine Immunization Review Meeting in 2022.

  • Incubations and funders

IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS:

Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1195850). CE supports its incubated charities through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp), a Maryland charitable trust with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.


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