Tag: THE HERALD
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How Zimbabwe’s Cloomi uses WhatsApp to improve health outcomes
By Tom Jackson on July 17, 2024 Zimbabwean startup Cloomi is a digital health platform that empowers patients to check availability and compare prices from nearby healthcare providers via an intelligent WhatsApp chatbot. Launched in 2023, Cloomi allows users to interact with its chat app like they would with their WhatsApp friends, starting the conversation…
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Cloomi is Revolutionizing Healthcare with WhatsApp Integration
🌍 Revolutionizing Healthcare Access in ZimbabweZimbabwean startup Cloomi, launched in 2023, leverages an intelligent WhatsApp chatbot to help patients find and compare prices from nearby healthcare providers. 🚀 Expansive Reach and Rapid GrowthCloomi has partnered with over 230 pharmacies, 20+ medical laboratories, and diagnostic centers, and features a database of over 700 healthcare practitioners. With…
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Software engineering can revolutionise healthcare solutions
Sifelani Tsiko, Herald Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Software engineering is rapidly changing and improving healthcare systems in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in profound ways. Advancements in technology are paving the way for innovative solutions that increase access to care, reduce costs, improve outcomes and empower patients. It is encouraging to learn that a UK-based Zimbabwean…
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Using WhatsApp to access health care in Zimbabwe
6 May 2024 By Farai Shawn MatiasheZimbabwean innovators have built a chatbot connecting pharmaceutical drug vendors and registered health-service providers to customers. It is used via the WhatsApp messaging application. Dubbed Cloomi, the WhatsApp chatbot has become very popular in Zimbabwe, a country where the health sector has been deteriorating for years. It is common…
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INNOVATIVE HEALTH CHAT ROLLS INTO H-TOWN
February 2, 2024 Blessed Katiyo in JOHANNESBURG FORMER Econet Wireless Zimbabwe software engineer, Blessing Museki, has launched a digital platform that is set to revolutionise the way Zimbabweans access essential medication and other health services. Cloomi is a WhatsApp chatbot that works by engaging a mobile phone user in a human-like conversation. It connects users…
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Vakawanda Vobatsirikana neChirongwa Chekuziviswa Kwekutenga Mushonga paWhatsApp
By Rutendo Mawere Chimwe chizvarwa cheZimbabwe chakaparura chirongwa chekuti veruzhinji vakwanise kutsvaga mishonga nezvimwe zvekushandisa munezvehutano pamwe nekunzwa mitengo yazvo vachishandisa nharembozha dzavo, kana kuti Mobile Application, inonzi Cloomi izvo vakawanda vati zvinovarerutsira pavanenge vasangana nedambudziko rezvehutano. Vakaparura hurongwa uhu VaBlessing Museki vaudza Studio 7 kuti chinangwa chavo ndechekurerutsira varwere kana hama dzavo dzinenge dzichida…
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Zimbabwe Developer Launches Whatsapp Chatbot To Connect Zimbabweans To Pharmacies
By Michael Gwarisa In a move that is set to ease hurdles associated with accessing medicines and other essential drugs at community level, a Zimbabwean Chatbot Engineer, Blessing Museki and his team, have developed Cloomi, a Whatsapp Chatbot that is set to link millions of Zimbabweans to pharmacies. To date, 60 pharmacies across Harare have already partnered…