Challenge
Despite tremendous efforts, 600 million people in Sub-Sahara Africa are vulnerable and have little access to health care. Mortality is high and 50% of deaths are cases of infectious diseases that are in fact curable. Particularly in rural communities, costs and time used on transport are high while prices of health products, medicines, and services are high. There is a lack of health knowledge within communities, drug stores sell counterfeit drugs, and health centers are often out of stock and lack trained personnel.
Description
Healthy Entrepreneurs selects existing Community Health Workers and trains them as health entrepreneurs. They receive a kit of basic health products on credit, a solar-powered smartphone with an ordering app, and health info app with educational videos on health topics in local languages. They earn by selling these products, while improving health awareness and knowledge in their communities. We offer simple diagnostic tests and advice from Doctor@distance.
Outcomes
Healthy Entrepreneurs is scaling its network from 5,000 to 25,000 Community Health Entrepreneurs by 2023 in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. They are also replicating the model in new countries, and working on additional services like Doctor@Distance. It has impacted 8,299,500 lives.
