To deal with emergency situations, Ivorian-born Corine Ouattara has created a health pass in the form of a connected bracelet or medallion, which can be consulted via an online platform and contains personal and medical data.
Apparently impressed by the advent of QR codes, Corine Maurice Ouattara is interested in the digital ecosystem.
With a degree in business law, she took a training course in Paris, France, to understand how she could use this tool.
The trigger for this project happened in 2014 after the model Awa Fadiga was assaulted in Abidjan and died due to the difficulties of doctors to take care of the patient.
The first prototypes of the connected bracelet were set up in 2016 and launched in 2019.
In this adventure, she gleans awards that will mark her entrepreneurial journey.
Her first prize, the Tech Mousso, a program of the World Bank with the “MCC,” reveals her to the public. Corine won US$5,000 or 3 million CFA francs.
In 2019, she won the “Women in Africa” Prize in Morocco, a prize that she says “goes straight to her heart.”
With the Mousso Health Pass (bracelet, medallion or card connected), presenting the medical profile (blood type, people to contact, allergies, vaccines etc.), she is declared a winner.
Today, its annual turnover varies between 50 and 75 million FCFA with 23,000 members on its platform.
This start-up, aimed at the digital sector, is making its way in this sector, and wants to go to Senegal in mid-September 2022, a step aimed at conquering the sub-region.
Digital technology is undoubtedly an opportunity for health in Africa.
According to the WHO, with 0.19 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, sub-Saharan Africa is the region where it is most difficult to consult and receive treatment.
Cote d’Ivoire is committed to the digitalization of its health system.
One can find “Stop au Chat Noir,” (Stopping the Black Cat) mobile application run by volunteers trained in first aid for victims of sexual violence, which supports the medical platform.
For the Speak-up Africa Foundation, which specializes in the digitalization of the health system, the obstacle is the lack of coordination between the actors involved in the digitalization of health and the rare appropriation of solutions by public institutions.
Cote d’Ivoire, through its Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, has initiated a process of digitization of the health system with its National Health Program 2018-2022.
The ministry has made available to the population the mobile application “My Health,” which facilitates the monitoring of the vaccination procedure, from sampling to the result.
The National Institute of Public Health (INHP) regularly broadcasts awareness messages.
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