Clean Cooking
Every day, 3 billion people rely on indoor fires to cook their daily meals, and to light and heat their homes. The resulting household smoke greatly contributes to climate change and exposure to it is responsible for close to 4 million deaths each year—more than malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS combined.
Lack of clean cooking solutions is a subset of the inequality surrounding clean energy for basic household use, alongside lighting and heating. Nexleaf works to generate the missing data needed to reform clean cooking for better quality solutions for the forgotten 3 billion.
Immunization
Vaccines must be kept between 2°C and 8°C. But vaccine fridges in rural clinics often fail. Deviation outside this range can damage vaccines, resulting in unprotected children and wasted donor and country investment.
A recent WHO & UNICEF joint statement found that 56% of cold chain equipment in low- and middle-income countries is poorly functioning or non-functional. Nexleaf collects critical data to empower health workers, inform ministries of health, and improve overall cold chain performance.