Udok was born out of the need to address Africa’s healthcare crisis.
Even today, the most developed regions in Africa still only have half or a quarter the number of doctors per capita as the world’s developed countries. Africa’s least developed regions have just an 8th of the global average doctors per capita.
A shortage of skills, expertise, infrastructure and the sheer distances people need to travel – not to mention the costs involved – means that Africa’s health crisis continues to this day.