ABOUT US

A Ugandan, British born Sierra Leonean and a Zimbabwean Doctor enter a Zoom meeting at the height of the pandemic in the land Down Under.

We quickly become enthralled in discussions on healthcare, community, culture, access, and development. However, it became clear that our common drive was to earnestly and deliberately improve access to healthcare for our people.

We, like many Africans abroad, have a strong affinity to the concept of ‘home’ and as medics we are always striving to improve peoples health. Putting these two concepts together lead to the conception of our digital health company, African Health.

This was born out of a desire to improve health outcomes and reduce the health inequity we face in our communities by connecting diasporan Africans, African Australians and BIPOC people to doctors and healthcare professionals in their regions. African Health was officially launched in 2022, the year of the palindrome and ambigram!

We are a completely African owned company. Furthermore, we are creating a community of likeminded individuals who all feel passionate about empowering our African community to live healthier, wealthier, and more connected lives.

Because representation matters…

Time and time again studies have shown that outcomes are better when African people are treated by African doctors; and this finding is true for many ethnic minority populations. We are a community of doctors, alumni, colleagues, and friends who recognise the lack of similar faces in healthcare environments. Our brothers and sisters, who without a confident grasp of the health system, may have feelings of vulnerability and fear in their interactions seeking healthcare.

We want to change that.

Through our community conferences, online resources, and publications we hope to become a friendly resource for African and multicultural communities to develop confidence in their health interactions.

We are based in Australia; however, we have a vision of expanding our reach to the African continent and beyond.

The information and resources we discuss are contextualised to the Australian healthcare system, and we ask you to be mindful of this, and where appropriate we try to provide generally applicable resources to audiences abroad.

We are very excited to start this project and hope you will engage with us.

Cheers

The African Health Leadership Team,

Dr Sheila Uyirwoth, Dr Cordelia Oyekan-John, and Dr Ron Murambi