A prototype-stage diagnostic station concept under development for primary health centres, community health settings, and other low-infrastructure healthcare environments across India.
The problem we are addressing
India has over 150,000 sub-health centres and 25,000+ primary health centres. The vast majority have no diagnostic capability beyond weight, height, blood pressure, and temperature measurement. Patients presenting with fever, respiratory symptoms, abdominal pain, or any condition requiring biochemical or microbiological diagnosis must be referred to district or state hospitals — journeys of 30 to 200 kilometres that many patients cannot or do not make.
The consequence is a silent diagnostic desert. Malaria goes unconfirmed as typhoid. Tuberculosis is missed until advanced. Sepsis is treated empirically with broad-spectrum antibiotics that drive resistance. Anaemia in pregnancy is undetected until late. Diabetes and hypertension are present in millions of people who have never had a blood test.
Our research approach
JIVAXA is a ruggedised, multi-modality diagnostic station concept designed for the operating conditions of an Indian primary health centre — intermittent power, non-air-conditioned environments, non-specialist operation, and a government procurement budget. The concept explores a modular cartridge architecture that allows different analytical modules to be loaded depending on the clinical presentation — haematology, biochemistry, microbiology screening, or urinalysis.
The platform concept includes an offline-first data architecture — storing results locally with automatic synchronisation when connectivity is available — enabling health data continuity even without reliable internet. An AI-assisted triage layer is designed to flag results requiring urgent clinical attention.
JIVAXA is designed to be operated by an ASHA worker or auxiliary nurse midwife with minimal training — not a trained laboratory technician. The concept UI is icon-driven, step-by-step, and available in regional language.
What it's for
JIVAXA is a rugged diagnostic platform engineered for last-mile and high-volume settings. Its connected ecosystem edition, JIVAXA Station, joins the wider Project SARVAM family.
Intended deployment
JIVAXA is designed for the hands of India’s 1 million+ ASHA workers — the frontline of community health. Compact enough to carry, simple enough to operate without pathology training, and rugged enough for the conditions these workers face daily.
A community health centre serving a population with limited road access. JIVAXA brings core diagnostic capability — blood counts, infection markers, metabolic checks — to a setting that currently has none.
After a flood, an earthquake, or a disease outbreak — when infrastructure is disrupted and the need for rapid, decentralised testing is highest.
Why it matters
Made for the conditions diagnostics usually avoids.
A lower cost per answer, sustained over time.
Minimal training, maximal trust.
Designed around real last-mile realities.
The frontline deserves the best instrument, not the leftover one.
Questions
It is designed to deliver rugged diagnostics in last-mile, high-volume settings — framed at a high level here, without revealing the underlying mechanism.
Built for India's frontline and rural clinics, and for the wider mission of reaching communities beyond centralised healthcare.
BIQADX is at a pre-clinical, prototype stage — JIVAXA is not currently available for commercial sale. We welcome partnership and pilot conversations.