COUNTRY COUNTRY FOCUS: FOCUS: KENYA
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THE PLATFORM
IS AI DRIVEN AND
USES VARIOUS
AI MODULES TO
HELP DETECT
ABNORMALITIES.
However, 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, scant access to
health care services, unverified information
and lack of and delayed responses among
other things.
Kamara said: “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 hit map areas where
the Coronavirus 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 at a crucial time when
the world is experiencing one of the biggest
pandemics of generations and we need to
monitor the movement and evolution of the
virus very closely to determine the changing
nature of symptoms among other things.”
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.
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