Mobihealth International has launched its Mobihealth Telehealth Champions Programme (MTCP), an initiative aimed at expanding telehealth services and innovations into Nigerian tertiary institutions of higher learning.

Mobihealth flagged off the initiative at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Thursday, with a partnership with UNILAG Pharmacy, through its telehealth facility, with plans to expand to other Nigerian tertiary institutions.

The Founder and CEO of Mobihealth International, Dr Funmi Adewara, stated that the MTCP programme is designed to equip students with skills in telehealth, digital health, AI, research, innovation, health advocacy and community engagement to build a generation of digitally empowered telehealth champions while making healthcare easier to reach, faster to access, and more convenient.

According to Dr Adewara, their partnership with the UNILAG Pharmacy represents a practical model for combining digital healthcare, physical pharmacy services, and student-led digital health engagement.

She said that the partnership combines Mobihealth’s 24/7 digital healthcare platform with UNILAG Pharmacy’s physical pharmacy and diagnostic services.

With the partnership, students and staff can connect with doctors and specialists from their smartphones, halls of residence, lecture theatres, or virtually anywhere, accessing general medicine, mental health, sexual and reproductive healthcare, and other specialist services.

Patients can also visit the telehealth facility for assisted teleconsultations, e-prescriptions, diagnostics and medicines, with discreet medication delivery available to preferred locations.

Dr Adewara said that the partnership brings Mobihealth’s ‘Click & Brick’ model to life, combining 24/7 digital healthcare with trusted physical pharmacy and diagnostic services.

“Healthcare should fit around students’ lives, not require them to postpone care because of lectures, examinations, or long waiting times,” she added.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, UNILAG Pharmacy, Pharm. Abimbola Adebakin, stated that they are excited about their partnership with Mobihealth, which brings medical and specialist care closer to over 50,000 students, staff and the wider community.

“This is health equity in action, using technology to make quality healthcare more accessible, connected and responsive,” Adebakin said.

The Managing Director of UNILAG Pharmacy, Dr Evelyn Brambifa, noted that their priority is to make quality healthcare more accessible, convenient, and responsive to the needs of the university community.

“Through our partnership with Mobihealth, we are integrating telehealth into the pharmacy experience, enabling students, staff, and other members of the community to speak with doctors and specialists, receive e-prescriptions, access diagnostics and obtain their medicines through a seamless care pathway,” she said.

Dr Brambifa further said that the initiative represents an important step in transforming UNILAG Pharmacy from primarily a point for medicines into a more comprehensive, technology-enabled healthcare access point.

She added that it will help reduce unnecessary queues and waiting times, reduce delays in seeking care and bring trusted medical expertise closer to the people they serve.

“Access to healthcare should not have to begin with a long queue,” she said.

Kennis, a UNILAG student, said that the partnership is a great innovative solution and makes healthcare easier to fit around student life.

“Being able to speak to a doctor from my phone, access specialists, prescriptions, and diagnostics without long waiting times means we can seek care earlier and more conveniently,” Kennis said