Iraq RIL and Pharx app are highlighted in The Guardian
Pharx, an innovation supported by the Iraq Response Innovation Lab is highlight in The Guardian. Here is a excerpt:
“When Ameen Hadeed’s father had heart surgery in 2015, the tricky part was not the operation but finding the drugs to aid his recovery.
The clinic had no medicine, so Hadeed was told to hustle around his home city Mosul to find the prescriptions. It took hours and cost a small fortune, as he visited store after store.
“It was very stressful. Without the medication, he could have died,” Hadeed, 28, recalls.
“That day I promised myself and my dad that I would one day do something to address this issue in our country,” the former engineering student says.”
Five years later, he has. Hadeed has created a new app that directs patients and relatives to pharmacies that have the medication they need – and indicates where products are most cheaply available.
