Damu Sasa application facilitates and normalizes the practice of having donors schedule their blood donation appointments from their phone or online ahead of time, in line with pre-set social distancing cognizant capacities in the blood donation centers, whereby each appointment slot only allows a limited number of donors – thereby allowing for social distancing measures to be maintained, while ensuring donors can help to alleviate the critical blood shortage in the country.
In summary, Damu Sasa is a social enterprise that is uniquely positioned to simultaneously build resilience against the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also laying the foundation for a robust, independent, and efficient African healthcare ecosystem in the near future.