An older man answering a call on a basic phone

$An older man smiling while talking on his phone$ A nurse reviewing patient notes

Health workers visiting a patient at home

Care that calls.

Step 1 · The call

A scheduled check-in call reaches the patient on any phone, even a basic one.

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Step 2 · The answers

The patient simply speaks, in their own language. No app, no internet, no reading.

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Step 3 · The alert

Answers are checked against rules set by clinicians, and the care team sees who needs help today.

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Step 4 · The follow-up

A nurse or community health worker follows up in days, not months.

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Engaging underserved populations living with chronic diseases in managing their health by extending care teams’ capacity with advanced AI and basic, low-cost voice phones.

Built for

Hospitals
Health centres
Community health programmes
Community health workers
Health insurers
NGOs
Government health programmes
Clinics

What is Davy Health

One call keeps patients and their care team connected.

Davy Health is a personalized, clinician-guided AI calling service that keeps patients with chronic conditions connected to their care teams, on any phone and in their language, so problems are caught early and health outcomes improve.

Clinically personalized

Built around each patient's care plan

Calls are designed to follow the patient's conditions, medications and care plan, using rules agreed with their own care team.

Personalized to the person

Their language. Any phone. Any network.

Patients are called in the language they prefer, starting with Kinyarwanda and English, on the phone and mobile network they already use.

People stay in charge

Clinicians decide. Always.

Davy Health never diagnoses or prescribes. It helps patients take an active role in their care and tells health workers who needs them.

How it works

One phone call. A whole care team informed.

Davy Health calls, on the phone they already own.

Enrolled patients get a scheduled check-in call on any phone, including a basic feature phone. No app to download, no internet, no account.

📞 Works on basic phones

Davy Health calling…Weekly check-in · Kinyarwanda

The patient simply speaks.

Short, friendly questions in the patient's language, starting with Kinyarwanda, about medication, symptoms and blood pressure or glucose readings, one at a time. Every answer becomes a structured record.

🗣️ No reading or typing

Davy Health

Good morning! Did you take your blood pressure tablets today?

Yes, this morning. But my head has been aching.

Patient · translated from Kinyarwanda

Clinical rules flag who needs help today.

Answers are checked against rules agreed with each care team. Patients are ranked by urgency, so health workers know whom to call first. Davy Health never diagnoses or prescribes.

🩺 Rules set by clinicians

Today's follow-ups Sample data

Patient A · HypertensionMissed doses + headache

Call today

Patient B · DiabetesHigh glucose reading

This week

Patient C · HypertensionTook tablets, feeling well

On track

A health worker follows up, in time.

The nurse or community health worker reaches the patient days after a problem starts, not months later at the next clinic visit. Their limited time goes to the people at highest risk.

💙 People stay in charge

A nurse on a phone call while reviewing patient notes

Alert: Patient AMissed doses twice this week, reports headache.

✓

Nurse called backMedication reviewed, clinic visit booked.

Care shouldn't stop at the clinic door.

Davy Health in actionFrom the call to the follow-up

The challenge

Bridging the communication gap in chronic care.

Bridging the communication gap between patients and their care teams, empowering patients to take an active role in their health and care.

People living with high blood pressure or diabetes leave the clinic with a prescription, then go weeks or months without contact. Too often, the first warning sign is a stroke or kidney failure.

Patients miss follow-ups

Weeks pass between visits. Tablets run out or get skipped, and nobody notices.

Care teams lack timely insight

Nurses learn about problems at the next visit, or in the emergency room.

Patients need more support

Older and rural patients get little help managing their health at home.

Women in colourful dresses waiting together on a wooden bench outdoors

1 in 4

adults aged 30–79 in Rwanda live with hypertension.

of them have their blood pressure under control.

smartphones, data bundles or reading skills needed to use Davy Health.

Source for hypertension figures: World Health Organization.

Who we serve

Built for the people healthcare reaches last.

Older adults. Rural families. Anyone with a basic phone. And the nurses and community health workers who care for them.

A health worker checking an older woman's blood pressure

Blood pressure checks in the community

A basic phone is all it takes

An older man having his blood pressure measured

Chronic care that needs follow-up

Patients

Free check-in calls on any phone, in their language. Nothing to install.

Healthcare providers

Hospitals, clinics, nurses and community health workers see who needs help today.

Insurers and health programmes

Affordable follow-up that supports members between visits.

Partners

Governments, NGOs and health innovation organisations working to reach more people.

Intended impact

What we are working towards.

These are the outcomes our pilot is designed to measure. We will publish results only once they are supported by pilot data.

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Better medication adherence

Regular check-ins help patients keep taking their treatment.

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Earlier warning of complications

Missed doses and warning symptoms reach the care team in days, not months.

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Better quality of life

More support at home for patients and their families.

For hospitals, insurers and programmes

Free for patients. Paid by the institutions that care for them.

For patients

Free

Patients never pay. All they need is a phone.

For institutions

$1.33–$2.67

per enrolled patient per month, for:

Hospitals and clinics
Health insurers
NGOs and global health programmes
Government health programmes

Built with, not just for

We listened before we built.

Every design choice in Davy Health came from conversations with the people who will use it.

45+

patients living with hypertension or diabetes consulted

community health workers consulted

clinicians consulted

live prototype demonstrations

PATIENTS TOLD US

They use basic phones or find reading hard, so we chose voice calls over an app.

PATIENTS TOLD US

Long calls are tiring, so calls are short and ask one question at a time.

HEALTH WORKERS TOLD US

They can't reach everyone, so alerts are ranked by urgency.

CLINICIANS TOLD US

They must stay in control, so every alert goes to a person, and the AI never diagnoses.

Our team

Founder-led. Guided by people who know health and technology.

Our advisors bring experience in clinical care, health systems, digital health and engineering. They help us keep Davy Health safe, practical and useful.

Irakoze David Founder & CEO, Davy Health

Technology entrepreneur based in Kigali, working on AI and digital transformation across Africa. He founded Davy Health in 2024 to keep care going between clinic visits for people living with chronic disease.

Advisors

Dr. Ron Ribitzky, MDHealthcare AI & Clinical Innovation

Dr. Richard GakubaHealth Systems & Digital Health

Mactar SeckDigital Health

Hinda RutonHealthcare & Strategy

Eng. Daniel MurenziTechnology & Engineering

Building in public

Three safety features we're building next.

Before our first pilot in Rwanda, we're adding these protections.

Emergency red-flag alerts

Danger signs like chest pain trigger urgent-care advice and an instant alert to the nurse.

In development

SMS alerts for health workers

Urgent cases reach community health workers by text, not only on a dashboard.

In development

Kinyarwanda accuracy tracking

We measure how well the AI understands every answer. Unclear calls get human review.

In development

Data protection

Health data is personal. We treat it that way.

Patients and partners trust us with sensitive information. Here is how Davy Health collects, processes and protects it.

Consent comes first

Patients are enrolled through their clinic or programme and give informed consent before any call. They can stop the calls at any time.

Only what care needs

We collect only what follow-up requires: medication, symptoms and health readings. We never sell patient data or use it for advertising.

Access limited to the care team

Only authorised health workers at the patient's own clinic or programme can see their records, and every access is logged.

Partners stay in control

Patient data belongs to the partner institution. We process it only on their instructions, under a written data processing agreement.

Secure by design

Data is encrypted when it moves and where it is stored, and our technology providers are bound by data protection agreements. Hosting and security settings are finalised before any patient is enrolled.

Built for Rwanda's law

Davy Health is designed to comply with Rwanda's Law No. 058/2021 on the protection of personal data and privacy, including registration with the National Cyber Security Authority before our pilot begins.

How a patient's data moves

ConsentThe clinic enrols the patient, who agrees to the calls.
CallDavy Health asks short questions and records the answers.
CheckAnswers are checked against clinical rules set by the care team.
ShareOnly the patient's care team sees the results and alerts.
RetainData is kept only as long as agreed with the partner, then deleted.

FAQ

Questions we hear often.

What do you mean by "personalized"?

Personalized in two ways. Clinically: calls are designed to follow each patient's conditions, medications and care plan, using rules agreed with their care team. Technically: patients are called in the language they prefer, on whatever phone and mobile network they already use.

Does it alert nurses if a patient's condition gets worse?

Yes. That's at the core of Davy Health. If answers show missed doses, worsening symptoms or a high reading, the patient is flagged on the care team's dashboard and ranked by urgency. Alert rules are agreed with each clinic, and clinicians make every clinical decision.

Can patients talk to a doctor through Davy Health?

Davy Health isn't a telemedicine service. It connects patients to their own care team: when a patient needs attention, their nurse or health worker follows up directly.

Do patients need a smartphone or internet?

No. Davy Health works through ordinary phone calls, so a basic feature phone is enough. No app, no data, no reading.

Which languages does it speak?

Our prototype works in English, and we are now testing Kinyarwanda, our first priority language. More African languages will follow as we expand.

How is patient data protected?

Patients give consent before any call, only their own care team can see their records, and we never sell patient data. Davy Health is designed to comply with Rwanda's personal data protection law. See the Data protection section above for details.

Where are you today?

We have a working prototype and are seeking healthcare partners for our first structured pilot in Rwanda.

Let's improve chronic care together.

Partner with Davy Health to connect more patients, support care teams and create better health outcomes. We are looking for pilot partners in Rwanda.

Book a demo Partner with us

Book a demo or send your partnership proposal todavyhealth@africanimpactinitiative.com