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Product impact

Impact

SHIFA's AI products at work across Ethiopia: 109 validated clinical guidelines powering SCIP, and 100 woredas monitored by Degdeg's climate-health early warning.

Product Impact

What SCIP and Degdeg are already doing in the field.

109

Validated clinical guidelines

Ethiopian and WHO clinical guidelines grounding every SCIP answer at the point of care.

100

Woredas monitored

Degdeg's first deployment, turning climate forecasts into health advisories across the Somali Region — built to scale nationally.

8

WHO & national protocol sources

Vetted sources behind every Degdeg advisory, with ~2,000 indexed protocol passages.

100%

Advisories human-approved

Every Degdeg advisory is reviewed and approved by a health officer before it reaches a woreda.

Where We Started

Before SHIFA built AI products, our team worked the frontline directly — contributing to a regional polio vaccination campaign that reached 1.5 million children, and an integrated immunization campaign that protected 16,787 children in Jigjiga. That hands-on experience is why our AI is designed for how Ethiopian healthcare actually works.

A SHIFA health worker vaccinating a child during a community immunization campaign
A SHIFA field health worker engaging with the community during a health campaign
Children lined up during a SHIFA vaccination and nutrition campaign
A SHIFA health worker measuring a child's arm circumference to screen for malnutrition
SHIFA team members attending a community health training session
SHIFA volunteers taking part in a community outreach event