UBRICA'S ULTIMATE HEALTH FIX
Hey Reader,
Yes, I return. Bearing more eye opening information.
But first, How are you? I hope I find you well.
But first, How are you? I hope I find you well.
Last time I introduced a Cryptocurrency concept, I told you about Ubrica/Ubricoin and highlighted it’s vision towards global health. In case you missed it, go check it out.
Today, I want to talk about some of the health issues we face as a nation and how Ubrica intends to mitigate them.
What health issue to do you face in your day-to-day encountered trying to access or sustain a healthy lifestyle?
Think about that.
In the mean time, Here are some of the health issues our Country Kenya faces along with how Ubrica will change the situations for the ultimate goal of Global health.
Think about that.
In the mean time, Here are some of the health issues our Country Kenya faces along with how Ubrica will change the situations for the ultimate goal of Global health.
COST OF HEALTHCARE.
“You are one illness away from financial ruin.” Or so the saying goes. And for three out of four Kenyans who are not covered by any health insurance, this saying rings all too well.
If then you find yourself in the bracket of one out of five Kenyans who fall sick every month, 16 percent fail to seek medical attention due to financial constrain.
According to an article on Daily Nation of 17/7/2018 written by Elizabeth Merab, Another 4 out of 10 tough it out by selling their belongings or take loans to pay medical bill, but in the process, nearly a million or so are pushed into destitution by high healthcare costs. Availing healthcare to all proves difficult due to poverty and low or no income populations.
How does Ubrica intend to ease this burden you ask.
Ubrica shall overcome high cost of Medical services by constructing a biomedical industry city (BMIC).
It is in the BMIC that Ubrica will support education and manufacturing of full range medical devices and all products used in medical systems. Locally manufactured technologies will be cheaper than imported versions.
If then you find yourself in the bracket of one out of five Kenyans who fall sick every month, 16 percent fail to seek medical attention due to financial constrain.
According to an article on Daily Nation of 17/7/2018 written by Elizabeth Merab, Another 4 out of 10 tough it out by selling their belongings or take loans to pay medical bill, but in the process, nearly a million or so are pushed into destitution by high healthcare costs. Availing healthcare to all proves difficult due to poverty and low or no income populations.
How does Ubrica intend to ease this burden you ask.
Ubrica shall overcome high cost of Medical services by constructing a biomedical industry city (BMIC).
It is in the BMIC that Ubrica will support education and manufacturing of full range medical devices and all products used in medical systems. Locally manufactured technologies will be cheaper than imported versions.
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
Kenyans face a lot of problems accessing healthcare, and especially people from marginalised areas. Other factors that lead to limited or no access are dense populations and rural geographical location.
Access to healthcare in Kenya is still a challenge to majority poor and increasingly low income earners who have to juggle to make ends meet and face the demands for high cost of living. This means that most people resort to seeking contributions from friends and/or family whenever there is a medical emergency while others will self-medicate with dire consequences sometimes leading to death.
Access to healthcare in Kenya is still a challenge to majority poor and increasingly low income earners who have to juggle to make ends meet and face the demands for high cost of living. This means that most people resort to seeking contributions from friends and/or family whenever there is a medical emergency while others will self-medicate with dire consequences sometimes leading to death.
Ubrica plans to overcome access problems in two ways.
1. One way is to support construction of widely distributed clinical facilities integrated with retail centres and produce processing workshops. Such facilities will be known as URCCs.
2. The other way is to increase supply of money by facilitating trade by online and onsite retail markets.
Sounds good?
That’s because it is.
1. One way is to support construction of widely distributed clinical facilities integrated with retail centres and produce processing workshops. Such facilities will be known as URCCs.
2. The other way is to increase supply of money by facilitating trade by online and onsite retail markets.
Sounds good?
That’s because it is.
POOR QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES.
According World Health Organisation (WHO), Inaccurate diagnosis, medical errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices and providers who lack adequate training in expertise, prevail in Kenya and in all countries.
The challenge being greater in low- and middle-income countries, where 10% of hospital patients acquire infection during the course of their stay compared to 7% in high income countries. This is despite hospital acquired infections being easily avoided through better hygiene, improved infection control practices and appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Other key findings in the report paint a picture of quality issues in healthcare around the world.
The challenge being greater in low- and middle-income countries, where 10% of hospital patients acquire infection during the course of their stay compared to 7% in high income countries. This is despite hospital acquired infections being easily avoided through better hygiene, improved infection control practices and appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Other key findings in the report paint a picture of quality issues in healthcare around the world.
1.Healthcare workers in seven low- and middle income African countries were only able to make accurate diagnosis one third to three quarter if the time, and clinical guidelines for common conditions are followed less than 45 percent of the time on average.
2. Research in eight high-mortality countries in the Caribbean and Africa found that effective, quality maternal and child health services are far less prevalent than suggested by just looking to access the services. For example, Just 28% of antenatal care, 26% of family planning services and 21% of sick-child care across those countries qualified as ‘effective’.
3. Around 15% of hospital expenditure in high-income countries is due to mistakes in care or patients being infected while in hospital.
The organisation for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD) secretary-general Angel Gurria said, “without quality health services, universal health coverage will remain an empty promise,” And I couldn’t agree more!
“Good health is the foundation of a country’s human capital and no country can afford low-quality or unsafe healthcare.” World Bank group president Jim Yong Kim said. ” low quality care disproportionately impacts the poor which is not only morally reprehensible, it is economically unsustainable for families and entire counties”
Ubrica shall improve quality of medical services by supporting design, development and science and technology parks. (STPs) adjacent to all universities in Kenya. The STPs will promote transition and commercialization of university and community knowledge.
This will bring to being, new knowledge technologies and services that are of great quality.
This will bring to being, new knowledge technologies and services that are of great quality.
NUTRITION
In Kenya, the issue affecting the nutrition sector include:
Consistently high malnutrition rates among children; almost no exclusive breast feeding, poor complementary feeding and lack of knowledge on overall childcare practices.
High level of micro nutrition that impede proper growth and development,
Lack of policy and implementing framework for nutrition inventions in the country,
Weak capacity in-country to manage nutritional aspects of emergencies and vast need for developing and scaling up a coordinated and technically sound nutrition and care package for people living with HIV/AIDs.
Consistently high malnutrition rates among children; almost no exclusive breast feeding, poor complementary feeding and lack of knowledge on overall childcare practices.
High level of micro nutrition that impede proper growth and development,
Lack of policy and implementing framework for nutrition inventions in the country,
Weak capacity in-country to manage nutritional aspects of emergencies and vast need for developing and scaling up a coordinated and technically sound nutrition and care package for people living with HIV/AIDs.
Ubrica will help gather intelligence data about health, nutrition information and diseases aligned to nutrition.
Data gathered will help develop smart community health decision support systems, smart public health decision support system and smart clinical decision support system.
Data gathered will help develop smart community health decision support systems, smart public health decision support system and smart clinical decision support system.
LACK OF EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE/FACILITIES TO HANDLE MEDICAL CHALLENGES.
For quality health care and services to be delivered, a health care facility should be well equipped with the right equipment and tools, quality medication, should be accredited and should have qualified and experienced staff.
Kenya faces setbacks in supply chain, facilities are understaffed and lack financing , and Innovation and technology remains unexploited.
Once these have been looked into, the delivery of quality healthcare will go a notch higher.
Kenya’s BIG 4 agenda includes health care which goes to show how much health care impacts the lives of Kenyans.
Ubricoin will support design, development and implementation of Ubrica project to decentralise global health.
The project involves building world class capacity for high quality life-science and health production (LSHP) in the world.
It will build a model physical project in Kenya. Ubrica project in Kenya will create a node for highly advanced biomedical research and development and high quality health care services.
The project will ensure sufficient support for discovery of solutions to most vexing health problems in the world, particularly those emerging from the African continent and other developing parts if the world.
Kenya faces setbacks in supply chain, facilities are understaffed and lack financing , and Innovation and technology remains unexploited.
Once these have been looked into, the delivery of quality healthcare will go a notch higher.
Kenya’s BIG 4 agenda includes health care which goes to show how much health care impacts the lives of Kenyans.
Ubricoin will support design, development and implementation of Ubrica project to decentralise global health.
The project involves building world class capacity for high quality life-science and health production (LSHP) in the world.
It will build a model physical project in Kenya. Ubrica project in Kenya will create a node for highly advanced biomedical research and development and high quality health care services.
The project will ensure sufficient support for discovery of solutions to most vexing health problems in the world, particularly those emerging from the African continent and other developing parts if the world.
CORRUPTION
In 2018 the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission, EACC cited the department of health in counties as the most corrupt.
The commission noted that with the huge budget allocation to the department, it emerged that there were many unhand deals mainly in the procurement exercise.
The report ranged from embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest, tribalism, nepotism and cronyism in the appointment of staff in key sections.
When corruption infiltrates global health, it can be particularly devastating, threatening hard gained improvement in human and economic development, international security and population health.
The multifaceted and complex nature of global health corruption makes it difficult to tackle, despite it enormous costs, estimated in billions of dollars.
Note worthy, health related corruption comes in different types from “petty” corruption such as absenteeism of healthcare workers to “systematic” corruption involving multinational companies engaged in widespread healthcare fraud and abuse and “grand” corruption occurring at high level of government.
Corruption can be difficult to detect, diagnose and treat once it invades the sector.
Some of the effects that come with corruption are:
The commission noted that with the huge budget allocation to the department, it emerged that there were many unhand deals mainly in the procurement exercise.
The report ranged from embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest, tribalism, nepotism and cronyism in the appointment of staff in key sections.
When corruption infiltrates global health, it can be particularly devastating, threatening hard gained improvement in human and economic development, international security and population health.
The multifaceted and complex nature of global health corruption makes it difficult to tackle, despite it enormous costs, estimated in billions of dollars.
Note worthy, health related corruption comes in different types from “petty” corruption such as absenteeism of healthcare workers to “systematic” corruption involving multinational companies engaged in widespread healthcare fraud and abuse and “grand” corruption occurring at high level of government.
Corruption can be difficult to detect, diagnose and treat once it invades the sector.
Some of the effects that come with corruption are:
1. Underpayment of workers which then translates into negligence from health workers.
Workers lack work ethic due to pressure to perform despite being underpaid and that directly translates to poor quality of service delivery.
2. Presence of half baked medics and quacks who get into the health facilities through corruption or are certified above their qualifications. Factors like this contribute to misdiagnosis, medication errors, unnecessary treatment among other life threatening mistakes.
3. Theft of medicines from hospitals. Doctors have been reported to open clinics and chemists from these stolen medicines.
How will Ubricoin help curb corruption?
Ubrica’s system is transparent and automated, has a shared open and immutable ledger which goes to say that no transactions and use of funds will go unnoticed.
Ubrica will use a reward system that will inspire positive contribution to health improvement around the world.
Educators at all levels of education, research and health practitioners at all levels will receive rewards for excellence, quality of work and positive contribution to society. That sounds like a brilliant way to tackle underpayment and delayed payments doesn’t it? I mean, the system uses Artificial Intelligence (AI). Which pretty much means that it is fed with knowledge, reasoning abilities, problem solving abilities, has perceptions, can learn, plan, manipulate and move objects.
Nobody is able to embezzle funds for personal gain and that right there is the backbone to curbing corruption in the health sector.
Workers lack work ethic due to pressure to perform despite being underpaid and that directly translates to poor quality of service delivery.
2. Presence of half baked medics and quacks who get into the health facilities through corruption or are certified above their qualifications. Factors like this contribute to misdiagnosis, medication errors, unnecessary treatment among other life threatening mistakes.
3. Theft of medicines from hospitals. Doctors have been reported to open clinics and chemists from these stolen medicines.
How will Ubricoin help curb corruption?
Ubrica’s system is transparent and automated, has a shared open and immutable ledger which goes to say that no transactions and use of funds will go unnoticed.
Ubrica will use a reward system that will inspire positive contribution to health improvement around the world.
Educators at all levels of education, research and health practitioners at all levels will receive rewards for excellence, quality of work and positive contribution to society. That sounds like a brilliant way to tackle underpayment and delayed payments doesn’t it? I mean, the system uses Artificial Intelligence (AI). Which pretty much means that it is fed with knowledge, reasoning abilities, problem solving abilities, has perceptions, can learn, plan, manipulate and move objects.
Nobody is able to embezzle funds for personal gain and that right there is the backbone to curbing corruption in the health sector.
If you have come this far, I am certain you see how incredibly life changing Ubrica intends to be for us all. Global health doesn’t seem unachievable now, does it?
I assume that’s a no?
You’re right. It is achievable and Ubrica is here to show us how.
Stay tuned for my next piece. It gets better.
Until then, Here are a few sites you should visit for more insight.
I assume that’s a no?
You’re right. It is achievable and Ubrica is here to show us how.
Stay tuned for my next piece. It gets better.
Until then, Here are a few sites you should visit for more insight.
Twitter @UbricaKe; Ig @Ubrica_ke; YouTube The Ubrican; website, https://ubricoin.ubrica.com/
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