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

"Code can now be written in minutes. Trust still can't."

AI

What’s Left to Own When the Code is Easy: Open Source and Maintainership in the Age of AI

A reflection on the evolution from software engineering to open-source maintenance, highlighting the importance of human judgement in managing contributions, especially in the context of AI-generated code.

Quote card reads 'The future of digital health is not simply implemented in Africa, but increasingly designed, led, and sustained from it, too.' Overlay of a photo of community health workers in Africa listening to and smiling at a Medic teammate

Africa

Medic Afya: A New Digital Health Hub for African-led Innovation

Africa holds 24% of the global disease burden but only 3% of the health workforce. Medic Afya, an African-led initiative, aims to strengthen local health systems through reliable digital solutions and local stewardship.

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.