Vijana Afya

Vijana Afya mobile application which can be easily utilized by young people in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to promote healthy behaviors in order to prevent NCDs.

MOBILE APPLICATION key features

 Video portal
This Features will allow admin to share different video related to healthy to users. Users will also have access to a live video hosting session which can entail live gym workouts, physiotherapy and even health information sessions.

 News and Alerts
This particular feature will display different news and alerts that needs to reach users through this particular mobile application. News from the application can be an event, a healthy article, healthy latest information that needs to be shared. Users once see the news and alerts from the application will have the capability of share information to other people through different applications.

 Tanzania Key health centre directory based on region
Based on region and also locality users will be able to view different healthy centres like medical centre, gyms and community healthy groups. User will be able to view the directory from the application or get the nearest healthy centre based on the current location.

• Healthy Meal Plans
Our users will gain access to generating healthy meal plans that focus on their weight and targets. Weekly Recipes will be shared for different healthy meals that can be made.

• Pre-Diabetes Risk Test
Users will fill in their weight and height and answer certain questions to know where they rank in terms of their body mass index i.e. their risk of obesity and other NCDs. The formulae are BMI (Body Mass Index) = Weight (in Kgs) / Height (in meters)2. From here we will use a logarithm of greater than > x is at risk of prediabetes.

 information Portal
Articles and other related information that comes from healthy experts can be shared to the application through this portal

 Mobile live chat features
Link user with healthy experts and can ask questions and other healthy related inquires
 User profile account creation, verification and login

 Workout plans
Showcase all workout plans shared through the application. User can choose the plan and add them to preferred workout plan.

• Behaviour Change
Awareness and education information on reducing harmful behaviours (smoking and alcohol use)

 Notification and Alert Systems
This particular feature will be specifically used for sending notification to users about a certain events or program that needs to be reminded. Notification can be sent from the web application and will reach all users instantly and get alert about that specific information.