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American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National Conference & Exhibition
American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National Conference & Exhibition
2020-10-02 - 2020-10-05    
12:00 am
Organized by the American Academy of Pediatrics Experience education wherever you are, whenever you’d like with over 150 on-demand sessions and more than 35 live [...]
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16th World Congress on Public Health 2020
16th World Congress on Public Health 2020
2020-10-12 - 2020-10-16    
12:00 am
Organized by Multiple Partners or Sponsors The global public health community will be meeting at a critical time for our planet. Global temperatures lie far [...]
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BARDA Industry Day
BARDA Industry Day
2020-10-27    
12:00 am
Organized by BARDA BARDA Industry Day is the annual meeting held to increase potential partner’s awareness of U.S. Government medical countermeasure priorities, interact with BARDA [...]
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Events on 2020-10-02
American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National Conference & Exhibition
2 Oct 20
Events on 2020-10-12
16th World Congress on Public Health 2020
12 Oct 20
Events on 2020-10-27
BARDA Industry Day
27 Oct 20
Healthcare Hospitals
November 18, 2014
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Sawubona Health, Inc.

Sawubona Health is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to help communities worst hit by the HIV pandemic. HIV infection requires lifelong treatment to stay healthy and prevent new infections. HIV patients stop taking their medicines, or default on treatment, for a variety of reasons, including lack of social support, and about 5% of African patients default per year.

Sawubona, which means “I see you” in the African language isiZulu, was formed in February 2013 to tackle this problem. We aim to do so by sending HIV patients supportive, personalized, and low-cost weekly text messages. Such methods were proven effective in prior clinical trials.

We launched our service at the Don McKenzie Hospital in rural South Africa in September 2013. More than 2500 patients were enrolled and over 90% have elected to stay subscribed. We are now making final preparations to deploy at the Umndeni Care Program in the village of KwaXimba. Moving forward, we plan to rigorously evaluate and improve our service and then expand it throughout South Africa.

Sawubona gratefully acknowledges the Designer Collections Foundation, the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, and other valued donors for their generous startup funding.

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