Community Partnerships in Rural Ghana
The spinout works with local communities in rural Ghana to offer a network of motorised tricycle ambulances to communities that lack emergency transportation options.
Ambulance Design for Challenging Terrain
The locally made ambulances are designed for the challenging terrain of rural Ghana, equipped with medical supplies, and have space for caregivers and family members.
Expanding Emergency Transportation Coverage
“We’re providing the first rural-focused emergency transportation network,” said Moving Health CEO and co-founder Emily Young.
“We’re trying to provide emergency transportation coverage for less cost and with a vehicle tailored to local needs. When we first started, a report estimated there were 55 ambulances in the country of over 30 million people. Now, there is more coverage, but still the last mile areas of the country do not have access to reliable emergency transportation.”
Integration with Local Healthcare Systems
Moving Health’s network and ambulances cover more than 100,000 people in northern Ghana.
The team have set up community-run dispatch systems, involving organising emergency phone numbers, training community health workers, dispatchers and drivers – integrating all if within the existing healthcare system.
Ghanaian-Made Ambulances and Economic Opportunity
The ambulance has an enclosed space for patients, family members, and medical providers and includes a removable stretcher along with supplies like first aid equipment, oxygen, IVs, and more. It costs about one-tenth the price of a traditional ambulance.
“We’ve built a really cool, small-volume manufacturing facility, led by our local engineering team, that has incredible quality,” Young says. “We also have an apprenticeship program that our two lead engineers run that allows young people to learn more hard skills. We want to make sure we’re providing economic opportunities in these communities. It’s very much a Moving Health Ghanaian-made solution.”
