PulseLink

Inspiration

Our team is inspired by the need to save lives during the Golden Hour in Ghana. Every day, accident victims and women in labor face life-threatening delays because doctors cannot access their blood type or allergy history. PulseLink turns the Ghana Card into a life-saving tool by connecting medical data to a citizen national identity. We believe that no Ghanaian should die simply because their medical history was locked in a paper folder at a different hospital.

What we learned

We learned that the biggest barrier to digital health in Africa is a lack of interoperability, meaning different hospital systems cannot talk to each other. Through our research into MOSIP, we learned how to use foundational ID as a secure key to unlock health services while maintaining strict citizen privacy. We also gained insights into how digital identity can foster social good by creating a trusted environment for voluntary blood donation.

Our Plan

We have designed a decentralized architecture where the Ghana Card acts as the primary key for emergency data. Our technical roadmap includes:

Identity Integration: Using the MOSIP Sandbox to simulate identity verification via the Ghana Card PIN and biometrics.

Security: Implementing privacy-preserving protocols to reveal only essential vitals such as blood group and allergies.

Access: Building a React Native/Flutter application for emergency responders and a USSD interface for rural clinics to ensure 100 percent coverage.

Challenges

The main challenge is the Digital Divide. To ensure inclusivity, we are designing an offline-first system where vital data can be retrieved even in areas with poor internet connectivity. Another challenge is building trust between institutions to share data. We plan to address this by using the privacy-by-design principles inherent in MOSIP, ensuring that the citizen always remains in control of who accesses their medical information.

Built With

• africa's-talking
• fastapi
• mosip
• postgresql
• react-native
• ussd