About this app

The Digital African Health Library is an integrated, smartphone-based, 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:

It's Valuable! It combines integrated single search of DynaMed integrated clinical information, the British National Formulary, Oxford handbooks, WHO Pocketbook, Comprehensive Advanced Life Support emergency care guidelines, Africa Health Journal (CME), RHealth Advisor for differential diagnosis, and country-specific guidelines as they are made available to us. All this material that combines relevance, validity and value.

Powerful Features - Extremely flexible and multi platform feature based app for simple and sophisticated medical environments.

Smartphone or Tablet - Flexible design that fits both smartphones and tablets for seamless use.

Android or iOS - Multi platform flexibility allows you the freedom of using either android smartphones or iPhone.

Single Search - You can search the entire medical 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 - You can utilize the app both online and offline. No internet connection required 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 and upgrades to later versions.

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 support from the Government of Canada through Grand Challenges Canada and the University of Calgary.

New features

RHealth Advisor utility enabled.

App Permissions

Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.