The Internet of Things, or IoT, is revolutionizing how data is gathered all over the world, and Nexleaf is committed to creating IoT solutions that serve global goals. Today, Nexleaf announced the release of two data-driven reports from our new “IoT for Development” series. These reports give background on our work in both the global immunization sector and […]
Nexleaf’s CEO Nithya Ramanathan co-authored a paper featured in Social Science & Medicine. In collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa and UCLA CHIPTS, the paper identifies potential uses of mobile technology (mHealth) to address current barriers in the South African healthcare system. Based on findings from interviews and focus groups with […]
A research paper co-authored by Nexleaf’s ColdTrace Program Director Shahrzad Yavari is featured in a special edition of the journal Vaccine, “Building Next Generation Immunization Supply Chains.” With partners PATH and VillageReach, Nexleaf conducted small-scale studies to evaluate the performance of vaccine cold chain equipment (CCE) in Uganda and Mozambique and to unearth underlying causes for equipment failures. By monitoring eighty-six failing refrigerators and freezers in […]
Gavi has announced a partnership with Nexleaf Analytics to create a planning tool to help countries make evidence-based decisions on the purchase and maintenance of vaccine refrigerators. The Gavi-owned planning tool will be available to all Gavi countries as they make their vaccination supply chain equipment decisions. Nexleaf will contribute software engineering and analytics know-how, as […]
An article and video featured in the Financial Times address Nexleaf’s StoveTrace program in Notarpalli, a rural village in India. Following an eight-month trial, in which Nexleaf provided villagers with modern, clean cookstoves with attached data-monitoring devices, Notarpalli has experienced full adoption of clean cookstoves. By analyzing data collected from the monitoring devices, Nexleaf was […]
An article published in Nature Climate Change this week demonstrates how data from Nexleaf’s StoveTrace platform is helping break down barriers to achieving safe, clean, modern energy access for all. A view-only copy of the full text of the article can be accessed here. The abstract is available here. The method described in the article, which […]
Nexleaf’s StoveTrace platform, in collaboration with Vodafone M-Pesa, has enabled 22 women in rural India to begin receiving climate credits: payments made directly to women’s mobile phones every month in exchange for their climate stewardship. The purpose of this new program is to allow rural women to afford and to use the cleanest cooking technologies. […]
Nexleaf’s ColdTrace innovation has been selected as one of seven Gavi INFUSE Pacesetters that will work with Gavi in its mission to increase access to immunization around the world. With its INFUSE initiative, Gavi seeks to identify the most promising technologies that improve vaccine access and efficacy in low-income countries, with particular emphasis on data-driven innovations. 60 companies and […]
ColdTrace 5 received Performance, Quality and Safety certification on July 20th, 2016 from the World Health Organization (WHO) and is now listed in the WHO’s PQS Catalogue as number E006/039. This certification is a significant step forward, as it gives national Ministries of Health an easier path to procuring and utilizing our ColdTrace technology to protect vital vaccines. ColdTrace 5 is a wireless remote […]
Based on work developed in partnership with Project Surya, Nexleaf published a chapter in the book Broken Pumps and Promises available at Springer.com. Co-authored by Tara Ramanathan, Nithya Ramanathan, and Erin Ross, Chapter 11 “Innovations in Payments for Health Benefits of Improved Cookstoves” discusses how results-based financing for improved cookstove usage financially empowers women in rural communities.
