Mohamed Shuraih and Yameen Rasheed are from the Maldives and submitted their idea, Blood Drive, to the Sandoz HACk competition. They were one of six finalists selected out of 150 ideas to present to a panel of judges at WIRED Health 2017 in London. These images show part of their journey over the three days that led to winning 20,000 Euros to help fund the implementation of their winning idea as well as Sandoz expert support to bring their idea to life.
The Maldives has the highest prevalence of Thalassemia in the world: this disease affects almost 1/5 Maldivians, according to Mohamed's research. One out of every 120 newborn is born with Thalassemia, and Without regular blood transfusions, 85 percent of these children will die by the age of five, he explains. Put simply, the demand for blood donors is greater than the number of people willing to give blood.
Blood Drive is a blood-donation app that connects blood donors in the Maldives. Through social media, and an innovative rewards system, it incentivizes people to give blood. With his Sandoz HACk idea, Mohamed hopes to ease the burden of Thalassemia in his country.
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Mohamed Shuraih
26 year old entrepreneur from Maldives
Software developer
Community Organizer
Passionate about technology
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density [1]
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[1]: http://www.cam.gov.mv/Statistics.htm
[2]: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
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Blood Drive
Bringing communities
together
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Full featured solution
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History Localized
Share
Alert
Fun Integrated
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Full circle
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Donors Blood Banks Hospitals
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The Reward System
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Gamification
Earn Points Get Achievements Rank Up
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Initial development costs
12 months operational costs
Build strategic partnerships
Marketing
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#4: Maldives has the worlds highest prevalence of Thalassemia
Almost one in five Maldivians are thalassemia carriers
#5: Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder that causes abnormal formation of hemoglobin
Low levels of hemoglobin may cause anemia, and result in damage to organs and is potentially fatal
Severe cases require regular blood transfusions
#10: Maintain blood donation history and schedule
Push notifications and alerts for donor opportunities
Locate nearby donation centers
Set goals and share updates with friends on social media
Redeemable points and social badges
Interfaces to integrate with existing healthcare software systems and blood banks Open API
Donors manually keep track of donation history if ever
Blood bank data is not centralized
Public misinformed about blood donation
Statistics are not publicly available
Customer journey is cumbersome and unnecessarily long
#11: Donation history
Rewards & notifications
Request tracking & fulfillment updates
Centralized donor statistics
Real time statistics
Seamless integration