What We Do
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide high-quality affordable primary health care services to underserved populations worldwide.
In the next three years, we plan to establish seven new centers in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. These centers require a start-up investment of US$1.45 million. We expect the centers to break even during the third year of activity and thereafter generate a surplus. Each center operates on a membership model, of $1 to $2 per person per month. This entitles members to unlimited free visits with doctors, nurses, and community health workers and substantial discounts on medicines and laboratory and diagnostic tests.
Our Business Plan
Social business is a new model of building sustainable enterprises with a social impact (Yunus 2006). Social businesses have been successful in solving public health problems in low-income countries, such as providing access to nutritious food (e.g., Grameen Danone) and clean water (e.g., in schools in Uganda). A few enterprises have also used this model to deliver healthcare services; for example, in remote areas of Liberia.
We have created a model which combines a microinsurance scheme with a detailed set of Standard Operating Procedures to ensure high-quality affordable care. A state-of-the-art health and management information system has been developed to monitor quality of care, health outcomes, and finances across all centers. We have also conducted health surveys in the selected communities and revised our business plans to incorporate the health needs of each community and their willingness to pay.
To become financially sustainable, our centers will charge a monthly fee of 1 or 2 dollars per person. Paying members will receive unlimited free visits and a substantial discount on cost of medicines and laboratory and diagnostic tests. We will assure quality by developing standard clinical guidelines and monitoring quality using a state-of-the-art health and management information system that has been specifically developed for this purpose.