Product foundations
- Android awareness experience
- 37-state/FCT illustrative atlas
- Attributable Health News and source labels
- Modelled outlook boundaries
- Private check-ins, nearby-care and notification controls
Pilot brief
A prototype worth testing in the real world.
MedGuard is seeking carefully scoped learning partnerships—not claiming results that have not been earned.
The opportunity
Earlier awareness only matters when people can understand and use it.
Recurring public-health events and unequal digital access make trustworthy, location-relevant communication difficult. MedGuard is a Nigeria-first Android prototype designed to test a clearer, more inclusive awareness experience.
Information has to travel.
Image credits and licences
- Yatender Singh / STOP Volunteer for CDC Global · CC BY 2.0 · resized for the web.
- HarunaSylvester, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized for the web.
- Lovelyn Obiakor, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized for the web.
- CDC Global Health, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · resized for the web.
- Jamie Tubers, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized for the web.
What exists, what needs validation, and what needs partners.
Human outcomes
- Whether messages are relevant and understood
- Whether people distinguish projections from reports
- Whether information arrives in time to support a practical choice
- Whether guidance earns trust and repeat use
Responsible reach
- Community-led onboarding and language insight
- Clinical and public-health review
- Approved SMS and USSD pilot delivery
- Telecom and implementation pathways
Useful evidence before scale.
- ReachWho receives a relevant message, including people with limited smartphone or data access?
- ClarityCan people tell an official report, a modelled outlook and general environmental context apart?
- ActionDoes the experience help people find appropriate guidance or nearby care without overclaiming?
- TrustDo communities and implementation partners judge the experience safe, respectful and worth improving?
Android prototype
Try MedGuard on your Android phone.
The current prototype is available from our Google Drive folder. It is an Android APK for testing—not a Play Store release.
Download Android prototypeExplore a pilot
Bring a bounded question, not a vague promise.
MedGuard has no formal institutional partners yet. If your organisation, community or programme can help test a specific access or awareness question, we would like to hear from you.