eha Founders Podcast

In the very first episode of the eha Founders Podcast, co-founders Evelyn Castle and Adam Thompson discuss how they became business partners and the first 6 months of founding their first company, eHealth Africa (then called eHealth Nigeria).
Find out more about eHealth Africa at:
https://www.ehealthafrica.org/

Nigeria implemented a widely acclaimed Ebola emergency response in 2014 which stopped the outbreak from spreading across the country. Evelyn and Adam discuss this hectic time in the country, their roles during the response, and discuss many parallels between the Ebola and COVID emergency response.

In this episode, we discuss our first 2 years of running eHealth Africa. We implemented electronic medical records system projects, electronic data collection projects, and solar installations.
Check out more about eHealth Africa at:
https://www.ehealthafrica.org/

Today we talk about our favorite and least favorite projects we did while working at eHealth Africa.

We worked on the polio eradication program since 2012, supporting project implementations across Africa. On this episode, we talk about the history of the polio program to date, our opinion of the overall response, and some thoughts on the future of polio in Africa.