The Digital African Health Library is an integrated point-of-care resource that provides evidence-based, locally relevant decision support and health information which is shown to lead to more informed patient care.
It provides the following features:
Its Valuable! It combines integrated single search of DynaMed integrated clinical information, the British National Formulary, Oxford handbooks, Comprehensive Advanced Life Support emergency care guidelines, the Africa Health Journal (CME) and country-specific clinical healthcare guidelines as they are made available to us. All this material that combines relevance, validity and value.
RHealth Advisor is a differential diagnosis tool cross-checking and matching patients symptoms to disease. It has been optimized to prioritize and rank diseases prevalent within Sub Saharan Africa
Powerful Features - Extremely flexible and multi-platform feature based app for simple and sophisticated medical environments.
Smartphone - Flexible design that fits on all smart devices for seamless use.
Single Search - You can search the entire resource database availed to you from a single spot making the app all the more easier to use.
Evidence Based - With thorough research made into the project, the app provides unique evidence-based medical information for better decision making processes.
Offline Use - Once downloaded to your device, no internet connection is required (except RHealth Advisor) to access the app’s powerful features and functionality making it thoroughly flexible in any environment.
Periodic Updates - You can enjoy new features through periodic updates to new editions of resources.
The Digital African Health Library is a primary care support Initiative of the Institute of Family Medicine (INFA-MED - Nairobi) in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and with past support from the Government of Canada through Grand Challenges Canada and the University of Calgary.