About Us

Building tools for people who care.

Medic builds world-class, open-source software that supports health workers delivering equitable care that reaches everyone. Human-centered at our core, we value creativity, initiative, collaboration, and trust. Our global team of innovators is 60+ strong, dispersed across more than 11 countries. We create resources, build documentation, and offer support to a growing community of partners and builders working to improve health in the hardest-to-reach communities.

We are part of a global movement advancing health for all.

Medic serves as the technical steward and a core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit (CHT), an open-source platform that supports health workers as they provide essential care in their own communities. We are part of a movement for global health equity aimed at changing how health systems work and how technology powers those systems.

Mission

To catalyze a global community building open-source technology to power last-mile care

Vision

Health for all — unlocked by technology, led by community

What we value

Humanity: Human-centered everything.
Creativity: Bring the right things into existence.
Solidarity: Building equitable community health systems together.
Openness: From code to communication, collaboration is key.
Initiative: Self-motivated to take action.

RECENT STORIES

Local ownership is a shift of power and accountability, from running a system to driving its future.

CHT

We Talk About Local Ownership. Do We Build for It?

There are a lot of misconceptions about localization and local ownership. Here, Medic Co-Executive Director Shreya Bhatt shares three key lessons about local ownership from the past 15 years.

"Scale comes from how you build. No one does this alone."

CHT

Hope, Hard Truths, and Health for All: Medic at Skoll World Forum

Andra Blaj and Shreya Bhatt, as Medic’s Co-Executive Directors, emphasise co-leadership’s importance in enhancing healthcare accessibility globally.

"This level of scale is not accidental. It's exactly what the CHT was built for."

Announcement

Digital Solutions at Scale: Growing the Community Health Toolkit for Lasting Impact

The Community Health Toolkit has expanded significantly, supporting over 180,000 workers while addressing technical challenges for sustainable growth.