Vaccine Adoption and Confidence in India

GFI in 2023, launched the VCF-II (Vaccine Adoption and Confidence II) project to enhance routine childhood immunization through blending human-centric digital outreach on WhatsApp. Local influencers and frontline Workers reinforced digital messages over WhatsApp. The project utilized quasi experimental research having treatment arm that received the intervention and a comparison group which did not receive the intervention (IEC messages through WhatsApp about importance of vaccination, posters and street plays). Utilizing Difference-in-Differences (DID) analysis, the initiative achieved significant increases in trust in favor of vaccine advocates—8.3% for pharmacists, 8.0% for religious leaders, and 6.2% for elected representatives. Recognizing trusted sources of vaccine facts also improved by 5.5%, reflecting the integration of online engagement with health communication in local settings.

TRAGE UP

Transform Agriculture Ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh (TRAGE UP) was an initiative of Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and GFI with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen 15 Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) as model FPOs in 11 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh in partnership with E&Y as TSU to Agri Department Govt of Uttar Pradesh. This project aimed to enhance the FPOs ecosystem with improved process and system establishment for the transformation of agriculture by promoting a food system-based approach through nutrient-rich crop diversification, women-friendly and climate-smart technology, finance, and market linkage.

      The TSU directly touched 99 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs/FPCs) and more than 1,00,000 farmers across twenty-one (21) districts in Eastern Uttar Pradesh  and  have onboarded through the support of 369 Technical Assistants/FPO mentors (TAs) by the DDAs in these 21 districts and indirectly provided support to 450 FPOs.