Access Afya is the operating system for affordable primary healthcare in emerging markets. The anchor of our model is a chain of standardized digital clinics. These site lean, neighborhood based, run by Board certified Clinical Officers, open every day and are stocked and ready to work with a wide range of primary care needs, from diagnosing and treating infectious disease to family planning to first aid, and more. We also run a virtual clinic that provides comprehensive health access online. Our physical and digital health models are all supported by great software and analytics.
External link for Access Afya
South C
Nairobi, KE
Access Afya reposted this
⏰ Join us TOMORROW for the third convening of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s 2024 Discussion Series on AI and Global Health, which will explore the critical issues related to the integration of AI applications to support frontline healthcare workers in low-resource settings. REGISTER ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gycFKyVf #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalHealth #AIApplications #AIChallenges
We are lucky to have attracted so many philanthropic funders over the years. Our founder shares her thoughts on making it easier for big philanthropy to stretch its reach into smaller organisations.
Last week we saw a major milestone towards decentralising decision making, capital and power in philanthropy and impact investing. Melinda French Gates' $1BN commitment to women and girls included $240 million for twelve global leaders to manage and make grants as they see fit. Shoutout to Sabrina Habib in Kenya! Melinda’s commitment is an important step towards decentralized funding– a trend I believe could rewire how we identify and back transformative ideas. More on that in this issue of The Vital Neighborhood. https://lnkd.in/eu2gWZ8r
Excited to share this profile on our work in last week’s Economist magazine. Check out how we’re incorporating AI into our telemedicine platform to improve privacy and efficiency.
It was exciting to see Access Afya profiled by The Economist this week for our use of AI in delivering primary care! In discussions about AI and healthcare, developed markets often focus on jobs lost to automation. But in markets like Kenya, those experts aren’t there to automate away. Access to a doctor, or a fluent English teacher for that matter, can be difficult. That's why it is exciting to build a system of collecting, looking at and acting on health information that meets our patients where they are: vis a vis language, location, and cost. I’d wager all the claims this article makes about education are also true for healthcare: • Attention is not just something students need. It’s something people need to rise to today’s lifestyle-oriented health challenges. Healthcare is more than providing a diagnosis. Healthcare needs to give motivation, and time for sparring and troubleshooting temptations. • Localization, like creating relevant mathematical examples for students, also applies to decent advice. From recipes using local ingredients to exercise advice to people who don’t have access to gyms—or sidewalks for that matter. • Like learning styles in school, a health partner could also adapt and give reminders and advice in a way that gets the right result – for each individual. Those of us working on opening up new markets, like healthcare in slums, have always been building high-volume businesses resting on micro-margins. These business models are precarious, but adding a little efficiency over the hundreds of thousands of people we serve starts to add up. Perhaps AI can make these "BoP" business models a little more viable. https://lnkd.in/eMBHYNZy