6: William Mapham and the App that's Changing Healthcare

EKONENI: Street Corner Stories

In this episode we meet William Mapham, the founder of Vula, a mobile phone app that connects patients and health care workers with specialist doctors quickly, easily and effectively. Like many developing countries, South Africa doesn't have enough doctors to go around, and the problem is most acute in remote, rural and underserved areas. Specialist advice can be quite literally be a matter of life and death: Can this patient be treated with the resources available on site? Do they need to visit a hospital? How urgently? Vula bridges the gaps between clinic and hospital, urban and rural, rich and poor, to bring the right advice to the right people at the right time. Learn more about Vula at www.vulamobile.com. Find a full transcript of this episode at www.ekoneni.com.