primary care — Faces of digital health podcast

Startups in Nigeria: The Biggest Challenge is Access to Market (Jennie Nwokoye, Clafiya)

One of the biggest challenges for healthcare startups in Nigeria is access to market. “In Nigeria, healthcare is fragmented, making it difficult to find distribution channels. We have to be creative and may need to look outside healthcare for distribution channels.” , says Jennie Nwokoye is the founder and CEO of Clafiya - a digital primary healthcare service that connects individuals and businesses to health practitioners to provide convenient, quality, and affordable, on-demand primary care from their mobile phones.

Country ProfileTjasa ZajcSeptember 23, 2023Nigeria, primary care, innovation, digital health, healthcareComment

F115 Primary healthcare digitalisation in New Zealand, Australia, UK and US (Dimitri Varsamis)

Dr. Dimitri Varsamis is Senior Policy Lead for digital primary care at NHS England. End of 2020 he published a report titled Incentives and levers for digitising and integrating primary care in New Zealand, Australia, and the USA - lessons for the UK’s NHS. Dr. Varsamis researched primary care digitalisation prior to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Country Profile, Healthcare PolicyTjasa ZajcJanuary 20, 2021New Zealand, primary care, Healthcare, healthcare IT, Change ManagementComment