Wellvis is a growing community of people passionate about their health and wellbeing in Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa.
It was borne out of the desire to help Africans easily access nuanced and tailored health information through the internet, and to improve access to relevant health workers, facilities, services and products.
Wellvis went public on the 9th of July, 2019, and since then has seen usage across Africa and Asia. Below are a few stats from Wellvis since the launch;
68% of first-time users of Wellvis from July 9 to Dec. 30 were from Nigeria, 10% each from Kenya and Ghana. Users from Rwanda, The Gambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and from outside the continent account for the remaining 12%.
More than half of them are between the ages of 25–34, 18.5% were between the ages of 35–44 and 9.3% between the ages of 18–24. Most users were male (54.2%).
85.34% accessed the site with their mobile devices (28% via iOS devices/iPhone while the rest are Android users).

Demographic representation of Wellvis Users
A total of 928 questions have been asked on Wellvis, averaging about 5 new questions daily.
28% of the questions were about infections from different causes, 24% on issues around sexual and reproductive health, and 18% on menstrual issues and hygiene. The 928 questions generated 1593 interactions i.e. responses from health workers (doctors, dentists, health educators etc), replies from people who asked questions and other users of Wellvis.
Wellvis presently has 160 health workers, 65% are doctors, 5% dentists and the other 30% are made up of Pharmacists, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, and Health Educators.
We launched our Private Chat feature in November which has been used multiple times. The chat feature allows users to consult and seek clarifications directly and anonymously from doctors and other health workers in a private chat room.
We look forward to reaching more people across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 with our growing personalized health services aimed at helping more people understand their body and health, make informed decisions, seek a second opinion and find the appropriate and affordable health services they need to live and stay healthy through the Wellvis community.
We are always open to, and intentionally seeking ways to optimise our #digitalhealth platform and to establish sustainable partnerships with health care providers & product vendors and most importantly launch new features per users’ requests. Please check us out on https://wellvis.org and let us know in what ways we can do better in the new year.
On behalf of the entire Wellvis family, we wish you a Healthy and Happy Year 2020.