Kenyan health tech startup Afya Rekod launching AI consumer data driven platform in support of global efforts to curb Corona pandemic

CAPE TOWN 25th March 2020 – Kenyan health tech startup Afya Rekod is sprinting to launch its artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain built consumer driven health data platform amidst the corona virus pandemic in support of global efforts to curb the disease by providing a portal for people across the world to store their health data in real-time, with a special focus on Covid-19.

The advanced system, which was built to help users store their own health data, access health information and connect to health service providers, was set to launch at the end of July 2020.

The founder and CEO of Afya Rekod John Kamara stated: “Afya Rekod is a medical data storage platform that allows patients to store their health records, the medication they take as well as keep journals of their statuses and that of their kids and families. The platform is AI driven and uses various AI modules to help detect abnormalities, detect early out breaks and monitor mobility and evolution of diseases via timely data analytics.”

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Founder – John Kamara

Africa and most of the third world countries have limited doctors and access to healthcare services. Lack of patient data in real-time makes the problem even more damaging to both patients and health-service providers across the continent. Over 65% of Africans live in rural communities that are not connected and are off-grid in terms of access to healthcare services. This is the problem we are trying to solve,” explained Kamara.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has shown the world once again that centralised health management systems that rely solely on people walking into a health facility are not sufficient. The world also needs decentralised systems that enable people to update their own records anytime, anywhere in multi-formats.

One of the critical issues affecting the world during emergencies like this includes inefficiency that leads to untimely deaths due to lack of or limited data, scanty access to healthcare services, unverified information and delayed responses among other things.

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Afya Rekod

We are fast tracking to launch the platform four months ahead of its time to enable the world to capture real-time data that will heat-map areas where the Corona infections are growing and monitor the growth in real-time by collecting user-generated information from millions of users across multiple geographic locations to allow for sufficient data analysis in support of the global efforts to curb the disease,”

Afya Rekod comes are a crucial time when the world is experiencing one of the biggest pandemics of its generations and we need to monitor the movement and evolution of the virus closely to determine the changing nature of symptoms among other things,” further stated Kamara.

The growing digitisation of healthcare at a time when the world is required to isolate provides an unprecedented opportunity for the world to come together and unite in efforts.

Afya Rekod is currently in discussions with various entities across governments and developing partners to explore how their efforts can be accelerated urgently for Covid-19.

The platform presents a unique ability to address critical emerging health needs as it has a differentiated product that is centred around the most important entity in a health equation – the individual or person – which presents a rapidly growing opportunity to launch an AI engine that solves and helps the world prevent the spread of global pandemics like Covid-19.

About Afya Rekod

Afya Rekod has developed a consumer driven health data platform built on artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain technology.  For more information or partnerships contact: info@afyarekod.com Website: www.afyarekod.com

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