OPISMS

An app to improve vaccination coverage

Project start date : 01/11/2011

Beneficiary country : Ivory Coast

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Mother and child health
  • Vaccination

Fields of application

  • Health professional training
  • Patient monitoring and medical data

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Private (private investors, crowdfunding, philanthropy, etc.)
  • NGO

Area where the project is utilised

  • National (in one country only)

Economic model(s)

  • Income generated by beneficiaries
  • Subsidies

About the project

OPISMS’ aim is to increase vaccine coverage by sending SMS reminders of vaccination dates, and raising awareness of how important they are. It also issues online vaccination logs.
The service has new features such as informing pregnant women in addition to vaccination appointments, prenatal and post-natal consultation appointments.


OPISMS uses awareness-raising to solve the problem of forgotten booster vaccines, as well as over-vaccination.


10 Full-Time equivalents

5 Employees

18 Volunteers

N/C Service providers

OPISMS

1 007 955

Number of beneficiaries since launch

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)
  • Entire population
  • Pregnant women
  • Children - adolescents (ages 6-18)
  • Young children (0-5 years)
  • Patient family/entourage

Project objectives

  • Decreased mortality
  • Decreased morbidity
  • Improved treatment

Materials used

  • Cellular (mobile) phone
  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Mobile telecommunications (without data connection)
  • Internet
  • Mobile app (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5, etc.)

About the sponsor

OPISMS SARL

OPISMS SARL is a limited company specialising in computing, ICT, and mapping systems. It is an operator for the Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, for which it carries out public health assignments.

Sector : Industrial (Startups, enterprises, etc.)

Country of origin : Côte d'Ivoire

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

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Offline use

Yes

Open source

No

Open data

No

Independent evaluation

No

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