Nigeria - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

iReferDoc Medi-acces is set to revolutionize access to healthcare by connecting users to an extensive network of health service providers in urban and rural communities. The platform also offers medical e-commerce and personalized health education service

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Our approach to healthcare accessibility is urban and rural. 1. URBAN HEALTHCARE SaaS: Offers a comprehensive platform that connects users to a wide range of healthcare service providers using location services, providing appointment booking, emergency and ambulance services, telemedicine consultation, health insurance and e-prescription. 2. HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE: Provides an in-App marketplace for health products (drugs, cosmetics, vaccines, medical consumable, medical equipment) app purchases and delivery services. 3. PERSONALIZED HEALT EDUCATION: Engages users with personalized health promotion and education through an in-app social engagement and content creation service 4. RURAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY: Through community engagement and partnership, employ community health workers (CHW) for house-to-house outreach, train CHW based on standard guidelines, Utilizing Telemedicine and active referrals system operating on a household subscription model.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

1. Inadequate availability of quality healthcare services especially in rural communities, and tedious process of accessing healthcare services in urban communities. In urban communities there's poor visibility of service providers and even lesser awareness about the services they render. 2. lack of easy access to health products (drugs, vaccine, medical equipment, lab equipment and lab reagents) by healthcare service providers and patients in rural communities and difficulty accessing such medical products easily in urban settings. 3. Insufficient personalized health education and promotion services. which is crucial in guiding the behavior of users towards health and health seeking.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

iReferDoc URBAN: We are offering a one stop platform for healthcare, providing the following services: 1. health education 2. emergency care services 3. easy and convenient appointment bookings 3. easy access to a wide range of health service providers and specialists 4. health insurance 5. access to a market of healthcare products all on a single platform. N.B; We intend to bring Users, healthcare service providers and healthcare products (drugs, medical equipment, vaccines e.t.c) on a very interactive and comprehensive platform. iReferDoc RURAL: Our rural services will provide 1. health education and promotion services to rural dwellers 2. screening and referral services 3. Emergency stabilization and referral 4. treatment of minor ailments that might not require hospitalization especially among women and children 5. training of traditional birth attendants to provide ANC services to identify high risk pregnancies for referral and also on safe delivery practices

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

1. Urban dwellers 2. Rural dwellers 3. Health care service providers, specialists 4. Pharmacies, drugs stores, pharmaceutical companies 5. Medical equipment dealers and stores, Companies manufacturing and distributing health equipment

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2022-10-15

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

3

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

TALENTTIC TECH HUB: Product development and Tech, partner. TTH is a Tech company in Kaduna Nigeria that have been delivering Tech solutions in Northern Nigeria since the past 5 years. Dr. ASAH MOSES LEVI: Co-ordinating medical programs and marketing. Currently working at a Medecines Sans Frontiers (MSF) field project in Katsina, has also worked in both Government and private health facilities in Nigeria. Dr. JIBRIL JIBRILLA: Co-ordinating medical programs and Finance. severed previously on a board for a local NGO, worked in MSF field projects in Katsina and Bauchi states.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://ireferdoc.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ireferdoc/, https://www.instagram.com/ireferdoc

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

f) Healthcare (healthcare equipment and services)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

5

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

1. Providing access to healthcare ensures that people have hope and wellbeing to pursue other productive ventures in life 2. Healthcare is a major index for accessing the level of development of any population. 3. The ireferDoc rural model will ensure sustainability of our projects through local investment in each resident or host community where we operate, employing the host population. 4. The goal is not only to provide healthcare but to restore hope and make people useful to themselves, restoring life to communities and by extension reducing poverty.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

5

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

I believe people need to first be alive, healthy and well to engage in agriculture and achieve food security. iReferDoc intend to improve access to healthcare, improve health and wellbeing, and by extension improve participation in agriculture and industry, leading to zero hunger.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The primary goal of iReferDoc is healthcare accessibility in urban and rural communities. We plan to be at the forefront of delivering healthcare in Africa. Ensuring good health and wellbeing is our business.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

2

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

5

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

iReferDoc especially through our rural interventions will contribute heavily on global partnerships for sustainable development. We will partner with governmental agencies, community leaders, NGO's and other international organizations to deliver healthcare in rural communities.

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

6

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

2

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

6

05.08 Justification

Urban; There are a number of e-health platforms doing one or the other of the services we aim to provide. our approach is a comprehensive system that integrates a whole lots of healthcare services and products on a single platform. also, we are more focused on onboarding healthcare businesses or institutions than individual service providers as used by other platforms. Rural: Primary healthcare system in Nigeria has failed. a number of local and international NGOs have tried to fill the space however most of them don't have plan for sustainability and have barely scratched the surface of the enormous task. iReferDoc plans a scalable idea that uses Community health workers, standard guidelines, training and partnering with local healthcare providers, Technology such as Telemedicine, Innovation by using locally available materials, community engagement and partnership, continuous health education, a referral-based system and local investment in host communities for sustainability.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Urban; Helium health-Telemedicine and EHR; Reliance HMO-health insurance; Vazeeta - Appointment booking, telemedicine; Drugs.ng - Drugs sales and delivery. iReferDoc perceives healthcare as comprehensive system that can seamlessly intergrate all these individual functions and more into one efficient and intuitively designed platform. Rural; NGOs are the major competition. NGOs come and go once objective has been achieved or funding is used up. Also, most NGO's modus operandi is not very scalable as such their coverage across rural communities is very little. iReferDoc belongs to the community and stays with the community for as long as the need for our service remains. iReferDoc will not come with fixed programs, however our programs and services will depend on the need of the community per time. Our approach is highly scalable and can be replicated in as many communities as required.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

No