Safepaths: Vaccine Diary Protocol and Decentralized Vaccine Coordination System using a Privacy Preserving User Centric Experience

TL;DR

This paper proposes a decentralized, privacy-preserving system for managing vaccination workflows, including status verification and adverse reactions reporting, aiming to enhance efficiency, privacy, and equity in vaccination processes.

Contribution

It introduces a novel end-to-end decentralized protocol that improves vaccination management while ensuring privacy and interoperability.

Findings

Enhanced privacy preservation in vaccination workflows

Improved efficiency and equity in vaccine management

Discussion of security concerns and alternative protocols

Abstract

In this early draft, we present an end-to-end decentralized protocol for the secure and privacy preserving workflow of vaccination, vaccination status verification, and adverse reactions or symptoms reporting. The proposed system improves the efficiency, privacy, equity, and effectiveness of the existing manual system while remaining interoperable with its capabilities. We also discuss various security concerns and alternate methodologies based on the proposed protocols.