Gates Foundation Backs Self-Checkup App's Africa Expansion
- First medical app to be available in Swahili, Ada Health says
- Ada will also enter Romania, receive Fondation Botnar support
The English version of the Ada app
Source: Ada
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A free app that lets patients do quick health checkups on themselves is the centerpiece of a Gates Foundation-backed project to bring better care to poor regions of Africa, Asia and South America.
The medical app, also receiving funding from the Swiss-based Fondation Botnar, will be the first of its kind available in Swahili, and will also be offered free in Romania, tech startup Ada Health GmbH said Wednesday in a statement. The project with Botnar will open up Ada’s artificial-intelligence-enabled health advice to at least 2 million people in areas with little access to hospitals and providers.