reminding them of why testing for the The best decision is to test and GET TO
disease and sensitization must happen KNOW YOUR STATUS as this is key in
in order for them to work towards a making informed decisions while
cure for sickle cell disease. choosing life partners.
AfriGalTech truly believes that AfriGalTech wants every single newborn
increasing access to affordable sickle in Uganda and eventually the world, to
cell testing to the lowest resource areas have access to this important
will create an opportunity for much assessment in the very first crucial hours
needed education and sensitization of their life to guarantee them a better
about the disease to give caretakers chance of survival and a productive life.
key information about management of The goal is to create a SICKLE-CELL-
the disease and affordable home care FREE-GENERATION
remedies, the fact that it will also help AfriGalTech plans to join forces with
the critical early enrollment of sick other players in the industry to compile
babies into specialized care only keeps and make useful information about
them going. sickle cell disease available to every
They came up with the idea to develop person, everywhere in the world, so that
mDex app in 2014, while in their third they can care better for their loved ones.
year at university they lost a mutual They want to lead developers of
friend to sickle cell anemia. He was healthcare innovations in the world,
finalizing his medical school, he had a with a focus on low resource areas and
dream of improving the hospital populations at the base of the pyramid.
experience for those battling Sickle Recently AfriGalTech was honored by
Cell. Since most of them spent half URSBHQ ( Ugandan Registration
their lives in emergency rooms, but Services Bureau ) for their contribution
unfortunately this was never realised. to innovative research in healthcare and
AfriGalTech believes many Africans still they are very excited and motivated that
do not think Sickle Cell is an issue the government recognized their effort.
worthy of their concern, especially if June 19th was World Sickle Cell Day. To
they’ve not experienced with it first raise awareness about Sickle Cell tweet
hand. Most of them will claim they do this on twitter on the 23th of August
not have sickle cell in their family just #SickleCell #mDex
because it has never manifested. #AfricanChangeMakers