Is Livia App Going to be the Solution For E-Prescribing?

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In summary

  • Livia app is a platform that links patients/clients to chemists or pharmacies targeting 100,000 users.
  • The app is being launched in Nairobi after successful in Mombasa.
  • Livia is location based where chemists within proximity of two kilometers can be reached.

Have you ever wanted to buy medication online but after surfing the web for hours you couldn’t find any site you that are significant. Well Livia app may possibly be the solution for you, this app in actual fact acts as a nexus between you the client to the most affordable and closest chemist to you. The platform is one innovative step in the history of Kenyan healthcare that is cost effective and allows a client fill a prescription at the comfort of their bed, office or wherever it is.

The app comes in two versions, Livia for chemists and Livia dawa app meant for the person purchasing the medicines. Dr. Samuel Murawoj, CEO Livia app during the app launch with healthcare providers said the app is not just a basic app but is meant to generally put several users on the same platform i.e. patients, new visitors to the country (tourists), chemists, doctors and even insurance providers.

Livia app is extremely easy to use by anyone with a smart phone, it is location based almost in the same way as uber, air bnb and Pokemon Go where the user taps to find the nearest chemist within a two kilometer radius. All the user needs to do is submit his order and chemist close by can give their quotations. The chemist with all the medicines and the cheapest will be selected, medication is then supplied once the person as paid. Payment may be done via mpesa or cash at the chemist selected once the client has been notified the order is ready.

In healthcare events, the most important individual is usually the patient and thus livia app is all about quality and efficiency to serve the basic needs of a client that’s why it’s creating partnership with big, reputable, affordable and well stocked chemists in Nairobi like Transchem, Salama, Malibu, Pentapharm, Hartlane, Haltons, New Lemuma, and Twinkle etc. The selected chemists are required to fully fill a prescription order and make sure it has been delivered to the customer on time, poor service may lead to lower ratings or eventually the chemist may be blacklisted and if the same trend is repeated severally the chemist is completely removed from the platform. The customer can rate a chemist one stars or up to five stars after receiving their order based on the quality of service experienced.

Livia also handles insurance clients; this made Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) chair, Dr. Mwaniki challenge Dr. Murawoj whether he is prepared to handle slow payments usually two to three months. The company CEO assured the members at the conference during the training of the app launch stating clearly that Livia will handle the insurance part and follow app with the payments as chemists deliver medicines and provide service. He added that on their side they’ll try to negotiate with the said insurers to reduce the period to one month to avoid delayed payments. And of course payments to chemist remain as agreed with the chemists.

NB; Chemists mentioned on the article are just a few that attended the Livia app training on Saturday 27th May 2017, Livia app will be coming to your chemists very soon.

There will be positive advancement for the app in future for patients and healthcare centers like hospitals to ensure excellent relationship where doctors will be able to do ePrescribing a feature that is expected to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

The Livia app is available on Google Play and App Store for download both for android and apple. You’ll find it in two versions, Livia Dawa App & Livia for Chemists by Neotech Kenya Ltd.

Sanofi-aventis Swaps Products With Boehringer Ingelheim

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Boehringer Ingelheim swapped its consumer healthcare products for animal health products from Sanofi Aventis. This means, Boehringer Ingelheim sold its consumer healthcare products range to Sanofi while Sanofi on the other hand sold its animal health part to Boehringer.

Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim confirm Closing of the deal on January 1st 2017.

Sanofi Aventis is known for offering the most advanced, exceptionally versatile and superior pharmaceutical products. This is a great opportunity for Sanofi since it’s dominating the African market as leading supplier of human health products. Sanofi’s excellent strategy in marketing has achieved this position in the market and won the respect of its partners through its varied range of products, setting itself quality standards and constantly translating new knowledge into products and services.

Sanofi has been doing well with it’s Rhinathiol range of products therefore with new products on board we expect a good business venture for them. Fast moving Boehringer’s products like buscopan, mucosolvan e.t.c will be under Sanofi. Sanofi has recently lanched a new product “Maalox stick” to the Kenyan market which is already doing well.

It’s exciting that Sanofi will continue to provide high-quality and cost effective products for treatment and management of diseases hence promoting fast and early prevention of these diseases. This will ensure the best possible outcomes and comfort to the patient.

Can I Use Carolight Cream or Mediven S for Light Skin?

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Reading through an article the other Saturday on the standard pullout – woman instinct, the words of Ajuma Nasenyana the queen of African beauty caught my eyes, she hails from the part of Africa where habitants are considered to be the darkest but she was not petrified of venturing into modeling, an industry mostly dominated by the light-skinned females.

 For most women, they would think about acquiring cosmetics to bleach their skin. For Ajuma, seeing her tower above the international catwalk for eight years was not easy, she admits “growing up I often felt like the ugly duckling simply because I did not fit into the mould of what society defines beauty by. The issue of skin colour is one of those things that no one likes to talk about, yet so many girls suffer because of it”

Due to this and everyone glorifying the beauty of the girl child so many girls have succumbed to exposing themselves to dangerous bleaching products.

I came across a young pretty girl who wanted something to lighten her skin color, for a moment I thought she was crazy, she insisted on Mediven S because a friend had recommended it.

But why Mediven S? It contains betamethasone dipropionate BP 0.05% and salicylic acid 3% – a potent steroid causing thinning of the skin.

I remembered vividly how a friend of mine had tried using Mediven S to stop pimples on his face, the results were excellent but when he stopped the pimples came back with retribution. I was lukewarm on whether it was going to give good results or not but instead I watched her go experiment it on herself. I still do not know the outcome then after. Nevertheless, there are people who say they have applied it and results were good.

I had not finished pondering about this when I got a text message from a friend who wanted to know if there is anything she could apply on her face because of black spots and small swelling she got after applying a cream called carolight.

I got confused at first but at the same time this sounded interesting. Later I learned that, carolight cream is a bleaching cream which can transform dark skin to light skin and contains essentially hydroquinone 4.2% which can pose a threat if applied over a long period of time. She had used it roughly for a period of three months. I wished these two could have met.

I realized the reason why one needs to try out a new cosmetic on a small area before applying on a large area and best skin is one’s natural skin the way it is without adulterants.

It’s obvious that every woman is distinctive, and something that may agree with one individual can be totally lethal to another.

I’m yet to define the word beauty, I not sure if it is light skin or dark skin.