The company
Drop Access Limited is a Kenyan social enterprise that offers affordable, practical and reliable cold chain solutions to rural, off-grid and underserved communities.
The problem
More than 300,000 refugees, host community members and internally displaced persons in Turkana (Kakuma and Kalobeyei), Marsabit and Isiolo have inadequate access to vaccines and medications. This problem is exacerbated by poor energy access in health facilities and climate events such as drought and flooding. Inaccurate cold chain monitoring systems lead to vaccines being wasted, under-vaccination and poor adherence to vaccination schedules.
GSMA project
In November 2024, Drop Access Limited received a GSMA grant to scale the VacciBox solution in humanitarian settlements in Turkana County. Using a Cooling as a Service (CaaS) model, this initiative provides private and public health facilities with affordable access to reliable cold chain equipment and the VacciBox IoT platform. This technology ensures the safe storage and transportation of vaccines and medications to remote and off-grid locations, improving adherence to vaccination schedules and digitalising immunisation records. People in these settlements will also receive automated SMS alerts, reminding them of immunisation appointments and where to access these services
Co-founder and CEO
Norah Magero
A message from the co-founder and CEO
“VacciBox is a portable and solar-powered mid-range medical grade refrigerator that will impact at least 250 million children, women and adults who would have otherwise missed health services like immunisation.”
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