Grace Ashiru
MYDAWA, Kenya’s e-pharmacy platform, has created a Kenyan telehealth solution focused on HIV prevention. With financial backing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and collaboration from institutions such as the University of Washington, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Centre, Jhpiego, and Audere, this initiative was made possible.
MYDAWA has made one of the first end-to-end virtual healthcare solutions for people who want to get Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) online.
Last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave USD 1.2 million to the pharmaceutical company to use its e-pharmacy to give more people access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) treatments and help Kenya fight HIV/AIDS.
The Kenya Medical Research Institute and the University of Washington have both given their approval for research to be done on the service.
The health-tech wants to make it easy and affordable for people to test themselves for HIV and pregnancy, along with a wide range of other products for sexual and reproductive health.
