Vula Medical

16/10/2026

Vula is so much more than a referral app 📲

It is a secure platform that brings healthcare professionals together, helping multidisciplinary teams share expertise and coordinate patient care more efficiently.

From secure chat and transcribed voice notes to clinical image sharing, recorded voice calls and specialist access, Vula brings the tools and information healthcare professionals need together in one place.

These are just some of the ways Vula supports healthcare teams beyond the referral.

Download the Vula app and start exploring today: https://www.vulamedical.com/get-the-app

14/10/2026

A great few days in 🇳🇱

Last week, we attended World Summit AI, joining leaders and innovators from around the world for conversations on where AI is heading and what comes next.

An exciting opportunity to learn, exchange ideas and stay close to the developments shaping one of the fastest-moving areas in technology.

13/10/2026

We’re proud to share that Dr William Mapham, Founder of Vula Medical, has been selected for the 2026 cohort 🌍

William joins 15 entrepreneurs from across Africa, Asia and Latin America working on locally led solutions to some of the world’s most pressing health, hygiene and sanitation challenges.

With this new cohort, Reckitt Catalyst’s global community now includes 100 social innovators, with the programme aiming to help improve access to health and hygiene for five million people by 2030.

Delivered in partnership with Reckitt , Yunus Social Innovation, Health Innovation Exchange - HIEx and Acumen America, the programme brings together expertise, mentorship and partnerships to help proven local solutions scale their impact.

For Vula, this is an exciting opportunity to learn from fellow innovators, connect with a global community and continue finding ways to strengthen access to healthcare for the communities that need it most.

Congratulations to William and the full 2026 cohort. We’re excited for what lies ahead.

09/10/2026

A warm welcome to the newest teams on Vula! 👋

From June to September, we welcomed 36 teams across six provinces to our community.

Scroll through to meet them, and join us in welcoming the healthcare workers behind each service 👏

06/10/2026

It was an inspiring few days last week at the Africa HealthTech Summit, AHTS in Kigali, Rwanda 🤝

We connected with health leaders, innovators and policymakers from across Africa and beyond, demonstrated Vula live, and shared how the platform helps connect health workers with specialists.

We also came away inspired by the innovation happening across the continent, with new ideas, new connections and lots of energy for what comes next.

A huge thank you to the Steele Foundation for making it possible for us to be there.



Africa HealthTech Summit, AHTS

30/09/2026

Today marks the start of the AfricaHealthTechSummit, AHTS in Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼

This year’s theme is “Wellness for All, Powered by Intelligent Health Systems.”

Dr William Mapham will join the CEO Roundtable tomorrow to explore practical pathways for mobilising capital, strengthening public-private partnerships and scaling intelligent technologies to transform Africa’s health systems.

📍 Kigali Convention Centre
📅 Thursday, 1 October | 15:30 CAT

https://www.facebook.com/ahtsummit

22/09/2026

Thank you to Disrupt Africa for featuring Vula Medical and the health professionals helping patients access the care they need.

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South African startup Vula Mobile, a medical referral app and online platform which hosts a network of health professionals, has passed the three million patient referral mark.

15/09/2026

The best part of reaching three million referrals? Seeing who celebrated with us 🥳

Healthcare professionals and teams from across the Vula network marked the milestone in their hospitals, clinics, departments and workplaces.

These photographs reflect the people behind the number. Every referral begins with a health professional seeking the right next step for a patient, and another responding with advice or support.

Thank you to every health professional whose work helped make this milestone possible.

10/09/2026

“Behind every referral is a patient requiring a decision, a healthcare professional seeking assistance and, in many cases, a specialist contributing expertise remotely.”

Thank you to Community Newsroom for looking beyond the number and sharing what this milestone represents 🙌

Read the article here:

South African digital health platform marks major milestone as specialist referrals increasingly connect clinicians across…

08/09/2026

Three million is difficult to picture, so we put it into perspective 🔎
It is almost the entire population of Namibia, more than the population of the Free State and enough to fill Soccer City 32 times.

For Vula, this number represents 3 million referral cases. Each one involved health professionals sharing clinical information, specialists responding or care teams determining the next step in a patient’s care.

That is the real meaning of the milestone: helping patients get the right care at the right time.

Browse to put the milestone into perspective ⬇️