What we do - Spirit Health Foundation

How we enable early detection and care

Many health systems are reactive, not preventative – difficult to access for too many people. We build smarter, sustainable health services for underserved populations.

Smarter services

Community health workers use the offline Clinitouch app to educate, screen and monitor people in their homes – for any health area (Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Infectious Diseases) and in any language.

For every person screened or monitored, Clinitouch generates a real-time risk score. Health facilities can remotely track these scores on the Clinitouch portal and act early – before problems escalate. Unlike most tools that only assess symptoms, Clinitouch also detects underlying risk factors, enabling earlier interventions and more lives saved.

The platform makes it easy to see which risk factors or symptoms are driving a score, helping providers make fast, evidence-based decisions and referrals. This is primary healthcare led by communities, for communities.

Sustainable systems

Clinitouch integrates data from smart questionnaires and diagnostic devices (automatically via Bluetooth or manually entered) to calculate a complete risk profile for each person. It’s also fully interoperable with existing Electronic Health Records and Health Information Management Systems using the global HL7 FHIR standard. We strengthen existing systems rather than create more siloed disconnected services.

We provide unlimited licences fully funded, forever. This includes all future updates, clinical content, and global support, representing millions of pounds investment. During the catalytic phase, we equip government partners and providers to deploy Clinitouch themselves, ensuring sustainable impact long after the initial rollout.

We catalyse and scale services with partners

We mobilise catalyse funding for new services, and work with governments and local NGOs to design, deploy, sustain and scale impact within country health systems. This includes clinical, technical, training, data, and system design support.

Launched in late 2023, we’re already collaborating with a diverse network of partners across Ethiopia, Kenya, Eswatini and South Africa – including Ministries of Health, and organisations such as AstraZeneca, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Dandelion Africa, and Global Health Partnerships.

Our Focus Areas

We work with partners to strengthen health outcomes in two critical areas. Rather than focusing on individual diseases, we invest in stronger primary healthcare systems – because communities need coordinated, integrated care, not fragmented programmes.

1. Early screening and risk detection across priority diseases

We enable home-based screening to support early identification of risk across both infectious and non-communicable diseases. By detecting issues sooner, we help ensure timely referrals, faster follow-up, and access to appropriate treatment.

2. Maternal, newborn, and child health monitoring and care

We support at-home monitoring for mothers, newborns, and children, enabling early detection of risks and complications. This helps promote safer pregnancies and births, stronger postpartum care, and healthier child growth and development.