Afya-Tek
Putting People at the
Heart of Healthcare
At D-tree, we believe that no matter who you are or where you live, you have right to high-quality healthcare. Afya-Tek envisions a primary healthcare system in Tanzania that acts together as one, digitally linking communities with healthcare providers to improve the quality of care for everyone.
Healthcare
in Fragments
In Tanzania, community health workers and local private drug shops are on the front lines of healthcare and are often the first point of care. Together with health facilities, these primary health care services can meet up to 90% of a person’s health needs, but patients are split between these providers, with no real coordination or continuity between them, leading to errors in diagnosis, slow treatment, and poor quality of care.
Health systems weren’t built for patients.
Tanzania’s health system relies on community-based institutions, but these lack accurate patient information, like medical histories and records of previous interactions with the health system. When one component is weak or the information is not shared the consequences can be fatal.
Afya-Tek is reimagining
this system.
Personalized,
digitally-enabled care. Anywhere.
With generous support from Fondation Botnar, Afya-Tek is improving maternal, child and adolescent health in Tanzania through personalized, digitally enabled care that allows patients to engage with the health system wherever they are: at their doorstep with community health workers, at a community-based drug dispensing outlet or a primary health facility. We seamlessly link together all the different points of contact to create a new, more connected healthcare system, in which key knowledge and information are shared, treatment is coordinated, and patients know that the care they’re getting at every stage in their journey is truly the care they need.
Leveraging clinical decision support, referral coordination, and data-driven performance management, this fully digitized system fills previous cracks at touchpoints to enable care. Along the way, data is collected and used for measuring and monitoring how the health system responds to patient needs, making evidence-based information transparent for policy and program decision-making.
A world where everyone has access to the
Seamless, Effective, And personal healthcare they deserve
Maximizing Impact
We know that Afya-Tek works and is having an incredible impact on people’s health and quality of life. It is now ready for national scale-up and integration into the national health system. By the end of 2025, we see Afya-Tek as an integral part of Tanzania’s primary health care system, improving the lives of nearly 60 million people and making high-quality health care a reality for all. But we will not stop there. We will continue to work to improve the health system in Tanzania as well as explore how the Afya-Tek approach can be adapted and applied to other countries.
Reaching New Heights
We’ve just begun, but already have evidence that Afya-Tek improves health for all. With your help, Afya-Tek can build on its success by focusing on these priorities:
Afya-Tek Partners
