Seeking Digital Health Companies Enabling Health Management in Nigeria - Request For Info

Saturday, March 28, 2020   / 11:17AM / Public Service adapted from AngelList  /  Header Image Credit: Helium Health (@HeliumHealth)

While 2019 was a big year for digital health globally, COVID-19 could well make 2020 the biggest yet.

According to Sara Spaventa of Angellist:

"COVID-19 has put enormous pressure on our global healthcare system, which is short-staffed, overwhelmed, and lacking the resources necessary to support the rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases. As a result, we're now turning to digital health companies to play a vital, and virtual, role in safeguarding those stuck at home.

From aging populations, to those with mental health conditions, to those suffering from chronic illness (and everything in between), there is a growing list of digital health companies that can improve or seek to improve the care and self-management of patients from their homes."

Credit: @ AngelList

To learn more about those available internationally, kindly visit this article by Sara Spaventa of Angel.com, from whom we got the inspiration to do our bit by bringing attention to the developments in our own backyard - Nigeria.

The Request

We will like to tell the stories of the products out here; and of the men and women set to fill the gaps in the Nigerian healthcare space. There couldn't be a more compelling case for their need.

If you are a Nigerian digital healthcare company and you are either operational or in the development (incubation) stage, kindly send us an e-mail at research@proshareng.com and copy business@proshareng.com with a brief profile of your firm, your services, products, target audience, partners, owners and contact addresses.

We encourage you to state the challenges you considered priority for the industry and specifically your niche market; for which attention and follow through should be brought to bear.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Available Literature

1.      Nigerian Health Tech Startups | A Listly List  July 15, 2019

2.      Digital startups take on Nigeria's healthcare headaches 8 APRIL 2019 *

3.     20 Startups To Know In The Nigerian Health Tech Space  Aug 30, 2016

*The article written by Ikpeme Neto was particularly helpful and we will like to work with him to build on that. Kindly DM @proshare #DigitalHealth

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