Dawa Mobile Health is a last mile health care solution. Its aim is to deliver effective, affordable, and sustainable health care services to rural communities in Chad. Dawa works as an add-on to existing health care infrastructure for rural communities by travelling to the villages, collecting samples and returning with treatment.

The Dawa Model

Real access for those who need it the most

Rural communities across Chad lack real access to health care. Seeing a doctor includes travelling and waiting for days, costing more in time and money than is reasonable.

Dawa Mobile Health’s core principle is to transport information rather than patients. It is an add-on service, working in collaboration with existing health care infrastructure, adding only the missing component of last mile delivery.

In this way, Dawa manages to leverage all existing infrastructure and health care investment and provide a unique contribution that has tangible impact on people’s lives.

Who Are We?

Dawa Mobile Health is a non-profit organization registered in Chad since 2017.

Dawa operates on two core principles.

Transport information, not patients
Minimal needed resources per level

The nature of the work needs to be sustainable, durable – be delivered regardless of what happens near or far. Therefore, Dawa is committed to establishing an operation that can deliver over many years to come.

The team is slim but specialized with Dr Didier Lalaye leading medical expertise and research. The team also holds expertise in innovative organizational development, lab services, accounting, impact monitoring, community health care delivery, and more. Dawa works closely with external experts including Utrecht Medical Center and N’Djamena University.