AfyaRekod, a Pan African health tech company last week announced their partnership with megastar rapper King Kaka in Nairobi Kenya. 

King Kaka has recently shared his personal story of a misdiagnosis and mis-prescription based on the lack of historical medical data. From not having his medical records on hand, the potentially fatal experience has created a need for the artist to address the issues of a patient-first healthcare solution. 

The partnership between AfyaRekod and King Kaka entails community mobilization to encourage young people and society, in general, to prioritize their health and store their health records.

In the new global economy, where technology is front and center, the need to digitize records and simplify record-keeping has become paramount. 

Healthcare digitalization is reshaping the way we interact with healthcare professionals, share medical data and make decisions related to treatment and outcomes. 

Globally, keeping medical records and sharing relevant medical information from doctor to doctor and hospital to hospital has however proven to be an unreliable process, resulting in a staggering 33% of total deaths as a result of a lack of access to healthcare data.

The founder and CEO of AfyaRekod John Kamara said “We focused on the most important party in the healthcare ecosystem, the patient. We wanted to provide a unique proposition as a patient first solution, resulting in the patient owning their health data and having full autonomy over who can access the information.”

With AfyaRekod, Patients are now able to share, store, and manage their historical data and receive treatment based on their medical records, while doctors are now able to track and access the mobility of their patient’s records and give accurate diagnosis and treatment. 

“When I was laying in the hospital, fighting for my life, that's when I realized that health is the most critical thing at any point in time. I believe AfyaRekod is an incredible solution because for the first time ever it empowers patients with access to their health records and allows them to receive quality health care anytime, anywhere making healthcare accessible and convenient. I know from first-hand experience how accurate health data can save lives.” Said King Kaka.

For physicians, AfyaRekod transforms traditional hospitals and clinics into digital clinics, connecting the facility, the doctor, and the patient via a tele-medicine solution, while giving patients a portal to access their health data from their doctor or clinic in real-time. 

“Our vision is to put patients at the core of what we do. We want families to have access to their medical records virtually and access them any time, in a matter of seconds. The partnership with King Kaka will help us create the awareness that every patient, doctor, and hospital can now experience a seamless flow of data on the AfyaRekod Platform at their fingertips, thus enabling them to make better-informed decisions.” Concluded John Kamara.