Phyllis W. Kimani
Founder & Director · Principal Investigator, Kenya
A pharmacist with over 15 years of experience in the UK and Kenya, leading multidisciplinary research and practical support for families affected by epilepsy.
Our Story
Care built around people, not buildings
NeuroReach Africa began with a question that wouldn't go away: why do so many people living with epilepsy across Africa go without the care that already exists? The medicine is here. The knowledge is here. What stands in the way is the distance between them and the people who need them most.
We are multidisciplinary and community-driven. Our work is grounded in rigorous research, but it does not stay in the lab. We use the digital tools people already trust, such as mobile phones, messaging and simple apps, to close that distance, one conversation at a time.
Our work is rooted in Kenya and growing across Africa. Our research has begun in Zimbabwe. We work alongside health workers of every cadre, families and communities.
From our home base in Kenya, our books are reaching children in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Rwanda. Shona editions are in Zimbabwean schools and on sale in Harare; English and Kiswahili books are in Dar es Salaam classrooms. In Rwanda, young nurses and teachers pair our books with seizure first aid.
Books are on their way to Zambia, Ghana, The Gambia and Malawi, and Kiswahili storybooks are heading to the Democratic Republic of the Congo through our collaboration with ASLEK. French editions are coming soon.
