Cardano for Women in Africa

[IMPACT]

We will recruit women into the project using program ambassadors and train them to register and provide the data sets needed by linked providers to provide health assessments. We envision enrolling these women using decentralized web 3.0 connectivity through a dapp on the cardano blockchain and providing a payment dapp on the cardano blockchain using ada to incentivize the providers participating in the project. The budget would cover the dapp development costs as well as the items proposed. My background include engineering and medical. Having schooled in Africa I have contacts that will assist in the implementation of this project.

The main deliverables will be improved healthcare access to the enrolled women in Africa and increased adoption of cardano as a payment system and low cost, scalable connectivity blockchain.

Women in Africa will have greater access to healthcare because of decentralized web connectivity on the blockchain using cardano. Payment using a dapp on the cardano blockchain will remove the financial barriers that women in Africa experience in seeking healthcare. Access and payment, the two main barriers to healthcare for women in Africa would be improved at the completion of this project.

Because we are dealing with healthcare, privacy concerns may be a challenge and can be mitigated by using secured systems where the data sets exist for providers to access.

Local rules and policies will have to be addressed to ensure compliance by consulting with local program advisors. This can limit the localities where the initial project will begin. Having attended university and worked in Africa I have contacts that will assist in the implementation of this project.

Computing power and connectivity in Africa continue to be an issue. The project envisions adjucating this barrier through the use of decentralized web connectivity on the cardano blockchain via dapps.

[FEASIBILITY]

Milestones (By the end of):

1st month: Build and deliver dapps on the cardano blockchain that incorporates web 3.0 connectivity while assuring security to data sets that will be provided by women enrollees in the project. A payment dapp accepting cardano on the cardano blockchain will also be incorporated.

2nd month: Identify and recruit 25 program ambassadors who will enroll and train the women for the project

3rd month: Would be working with local program advisors to ensure legal compliance, including a lawyer and a locally licensed physician; Recruited a minimum of 5 healthcare providers to participate in the project. Envision at least 2 of the 5 providers will be locally based.

4th month: A minimum of 500 women would be enrolled, trained to participate in the project and provide the data sets for the providers to assess and make health recommendations

5-6 month: continued program support; evaluation of outcomes, ongoing assessments and consideration of scalability to a wider pool of women in other localities for future implementation

-US $15,000-Pay a developer to build and deliver dapps on the blockchain, incorporating web 3.0 connectivity, security, data storage and payment. Provide ongoing support for the duration of the project

-US $20,000-Recruit 25 local program ambassadors to register and train a minimum of 500 women to participate in the project. This will include transportation costs and equipment costs

-US $5000-Local program advisors to include a lawyer and locally licensed healthcare provider

-US $4000-Recruit a minimum of 5 healthcare providers including 2 local healthcare providers and onboard them, including trainings to participate in the project

-US $5000-Ongoing supervision by project director, including onsite visits to ensure compliance with financial and program goals

-US $10,000- Payment to participating providers to provide health assessments to the 500 enrolled women participants over a period of 2 months; each provider will have 100 of the enrolled women participants over the assessment period once the data assets are available for review

-US$5000-Registration needs within localities to ensure initial and ongoing compliance with local rules and regulations

-US$3000-local program coordinator to coordinate and ensure smooth running of the operations

-US $3000-Recruit a minimum of two Registered Nurses for the project to obtain data sets and provide health recommendations to the women

*Myself: US based experienced healthcare provider and will fill the roll of project director

*Program Advisor: Identified US based physician with experience in Africa (Volunteer basis)

*Planned Recruitment: Blockchain developer, program ambassadors, lawyer, locally based and remote  healthcare providers, local program coordinator, registered nurses

[AUDITABILITY]

Deliverables:

*500 women successfully enrolled in the program

*A minimum of 5 healthcare providers onboarded to participate in the project

*Successful deployment of a dapp on the cardano blockchain that can connect the providers and the women where enrollees can submit data assets to be evaluated by the healthcare providers

*Successful deployment of a dapp on the blockchain to pay providers using cardano

*Successful healthcare outcomes for the women as measured by a survey at the end of the project timeline

*Success in linking providers to women in remote parts of Africa to improve on the health of these women on the cardano blockchain

*Successful creation of dapps that would provide connectivity, security and scalability on the blockchain within the scarcity of African computing resources

*Improved healthcare outcomes for the enrolled women as a consideration for future scalability and continuity of the project

This is a new project

SDG Rating

cfwia (Cardano for women in Africa) will:

*increase access to healthcare for women in Africa

*remove the barrier of cost to women in seeking healthcare

*early identification and prevention of diseases among women

SDG Goals

Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for women at all ages

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

SDG Subgoals

3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

3.4.1 Mortality rate in women attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease will go down (short term impact vs. long term impact as evidenced by the results of the outcome survey at the end of the project)

3.8.2 Proportion of women with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income will go down (short term impact vs. long term impact as evidenced by the results of the outcome survey at the end of the project)