Kenya has a lot of talent and opportunities for innovation. Access to care is not a problem because plenty of community nurses are present nationwide. However, they have a limited problem and mostly focus on main infectious diseases, leaving serious conditions undiagnosed, says Emilian Popa, Founder and CEO of Ilara Health.
Ilara health equips a network of small healthcare providers with lifesaving and essential diagnostic tools to improve the quality of medical care in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this episode, Emilian Popa talks about: 

why health insurance is hard to scale in Africa, where people are concerned with daily costs and survival, 

investments and how local VCs mostly invest in sectors like real estate and investments for health tech are supported by foreign investors, 

why Ilara Health is expanding on the Kenyan market but not in Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria or Egypt. 


Transcript: https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/kenya-ilara-health-diagnostics-africa
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