Suvita is an AIM-incubated, impact-driven, evidence-based nonprofit focused on increasing uptake of routine childhood vaccinations in India. Roughly half of the 19 million children who still miss basic vaccines are based in India, where one child dies every four minutes from vaccine-preventable diseases. We run two rigorously tested, complementary programs:
Immunization ambassadors: We identify and train local opinion leaders to volunteer as vaccination advocates to share reminders with families in their communities.
SMS reminders: We send personalised SMS messages to caregivers to prompt timely attendance at government clinics.
Since our founding in September 2019:
One in ten children born in India benefits from our SMS vaccination reminders.
We’ve reached over 40 lakh families and enabled an estimated 84,000 children to become fully vaccinated.
We are partners with government health departments in multiple Indian states, including Maharashtra and Bihar
GiveWell estimates that it costs $1-2 per child reached, which is 23× as cost-effective as their bar of unconditional cash transfers.
We have been incubated and funded by sector leaders like The/Nudge Foundation, Ambitious Impact (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship), Mulago Foundation, GiveWell, D-Prize, Founders Pledge and Schmidt Futures.
We have appeared in YourStory, Vox, Giving What We Can and the 80,000 Hours Podcast.
Our cohort from the N/Core incubator includes a nonprofit called Energy Harvest Trust (https://energyharvesttrust.com/), who work to develop solutions for managing paddy straw e.g. producing biofuels to sell to New-Delhi-based businesses. Worth adding to the list of Indian NGOs working on this issue—we’re happy to make a connection if useful.