Big backingStaTwig got support in developing and deploying its solution from the innovation fund of Unicef, which is the world’s largest distributor of vaccines.
The startup graduated from the Unicef innovation programme in March 2020. That was the month when covid was declared a pandemic.
At first, the focus was on slowing the spread of covid and accelerating the development of vaccines. But now, attention is shifting to the complexities of delivering these vaccines to billions of people around the world, quickly and equitably.Unicef estimates that it will be distributing 850 tonnes of covid vaccines a month as they become available. “There’s never been a product in history that has been delivered to so many people in so short a time.