Less than 24 hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the Covid-19 coronavirus a national state of disaster, the non-profit organisation Gift of the Givers officially launched a fundraising campaign to assist South African medical professionals and hospitals in their efforts to respond to the expected rise in Covid-19 cases.
“Vula has a growing network of over 11 000 ...so we can help identify areas in need,” says Dr William Mapham, the man behind Vula.Almost 24 hours after its launch, the Gift of the Givers campaign had already raised just over R41 000. Realising that Vula’s network could help direct resources to where they are needed most, Mapham and his team joined the campaign.
It was designed to help ease the difficulties that primary health care providers working in rural areas face when referring their patients to specialists.The app helps ensure that patients only travel when it is really necessary and when a specialist will be available to see them in a reasonable amount of time.Elizma Anthonissen is an Ophthalmic Nurse Specialist at Vredendal Hospital’s Eye Care Centre in the Western Cape.
To ensure that all primary health care workers can have access to the app, Vula was designed to use very little data.
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