The early morning call or unexpected text informing the death or sickness of a loved one is something nobody yearns for. That feeling of helplessness and worry with thoughts of what-if questions consume our minds — what if I had been there with them or what if they had better access to healthcare?

Within the African culture especially, we each take on the responsibility of taking care of one another, and as a result, we are active participants in our families’ and friends’ healthcare journeys. As part of this communal healthcare support, we explain hospital notes, remind them of diet changes, and in the case of GAPhealth’s co-founders’ we help our loved ones’ record at home diabetes test results and manage their blood sugar levels. We both have family members and friends who live with diabetes — a chronic disease that can be difficult to manage.

When we moved to North America for post-secondary education and became less involved in the day-to-day health dealings of our loved ones, we wished there was an easy way to help them keep track of health records and provide them with the healthcare they deserve.

The need to solve these issues led to the creation of the Global AI Powered Health Technologies known as GAPhealth; a company that uses technology to create tools to bridge healthcare gaps in Africa. GAPhealth enables its users to easily keep track of their health care data and medications schedule. We use artificial intelligence based on user information to provide personalized age-based preventative health recommendations, and specific lifestyle guides for our diabetic patients. For example, depending on the patient’s age we provide education and recommendations for cervical, breast, or prostate cancer screening — to address the large gaps in knowledge we face in these areas. Patients can add on family members, truly enabling community health support, while having easy access to verified in-app providers. We make it easy for providers to join our network through a simple verification process, after which providers can opt to attend to patients via SMS, phone, video calls, and even schedule in-patient visits. 

Everybody deserves the best healthcare.Together, with us, you will be able to securely store your data, receive great care from health professions, get tailored health recommendations, and be involved in the healthcare of your loved ones. We look forward to welcoming you and your loved ones to our GAPhealth community, whether as a patient, caretaker, or provider.