Yaseen Khan

Overview

Yaseen co founded and directs The Open Medicine Project. An ER doctor by training working mostly in over crowded hospitals in South Africa he has experienced firsthand the need to support health providers in these settings. Armed with frustration and a passion to improve the system rather than simply work in it Yaseen embarked on a mission to provide nurses and doctors with the support and information they need through mobile technology and co founded The Open Medicine Project with friend and fellow doctor Mohammed Dalwai. Yaseen has a background in Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health with a specific research focus on the use of mobile technology in the South African context. He was awarded a 2015 Laureate Global Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship from the International Youth Foundation Youth Action Net. Recently Yaseen won the 'Big Impact App' award on behalf of the Open Medicine Project the Mobile Premier Awards the world s largest app competition. As of 2017 Yaseen Khan is a member of Essential Medical Guidance.