Dukadawa
The Future of Pharmacy: How Dukadawa is Bridging the Community Pharmacy Care Gap Understanding the Challenge; Improving accessibility through Decentralized Drug Distribution Considerations Accessing medicines in community pharmacies in Tanzania is often overwhelming due to the absence of a transparent system for tracking medication availability and pricing.This is particularly concerning as studies have shown in […]
Development of an AI-Based Predictive Analytics Solution.
Afya Intelligence is excited to announce its collaboration with Insupply Health and the Ministry of Health in Tanzania to develop Tabiri, AI predictive models for healthcare commodities quantification. This project can now start after completing a comprehensive review of existing methods like bottom-up quantification (BUQ) and the identification of several challenges that could be addressed by AI.
Leveraging AI and Social Platforms to Improve Sexual Reproductive Health.
On 21st December 2021, just six months after obtaining our legal business registration, Afya Intelligence was announced as the winner of the AMUA 3.0 Acceleration Hackathon, #Innovate4SRHData, under the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Sahara Ventures. This hackathon aimed to address the data challenges in sexual reproductive health and build capacity among innovators and entrepreneurs to co-design sustainable solutions that address the data gaps in this sector. We were among several teams that focused their ideas on leveraging data and existing systems to enable healthcare providers to make more informed decisions when it comes to providing better sexual reproductive healthcare(SRH) services.
Reimagining Supply Chain Excellence in 2023
In the past 3 years , the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical importance of resilient and agile supply chains in healthcare. According to a survey by the Healthcare Supply Chain Association, 95% of hospitals experienced supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, with 67% reporting shortages of critical items such as personal protective equipment (PPE) (HSCA, 2021)
The Secret to Achieving National Vaccination Program Goals.
COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be the safest intervention in protecting the population against SAR-CoV2 infections, hospitalization, severe diseases, and death. However, as of 31st March 2022, only 10.6% of Tanzania’s eligible population (adults aged 18 years and above) was fully vaccinated. This proportion was far less than the WHO global targets on COVID-19 vaccination