Justice Francis

MD | Founder, Zaviramed
Licensed doctors on WhatsApp, Nigeria
First consult free

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

You shouldn’t need a hospital queue to talk to a doctor.

Zaviramed connects you to a licensed doctor on WhatsApp.
First consultation is free.

Chat now:
https://t.co/7Lf2Iq15Cq

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

My team and I spent the day in Eneka, Port Harcourt, running a free medical outreach for the community.
We saw and attended to 113 patients — consultations, basic screenings, and referrals where needed.
This is the first in a series of outreach efforts. #zaviramed #health

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

What if getting care was as easy as sending a text?

[Barth @bartholomewono1]

@web3whix 10x

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@bartholomewono1 And a new feature launching soon - Health care has never been better @zaviramed85349

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

When we started building ZaviraMed, one question sat under everything: what platform would actually justify the claim of "accessible healthcare"?

Not the platform that looked best in a deck. The one people would actually use without thinking twice.

We looked at how Nigerians already seek medical help , a text to a doctor friend, a call to someone's cousin who's "in the medical field," a voice note describing symptoms. Although its Informal, but instant. No one was waiting for an app to do this. People were already doing it, just without anyone qualified on the other end.

So we made a bet to build the entire experience on WhatsApp.

I say "bet" because it wasn't free, building our whole product on a third-party platform meant platform lock-in, playing by someone else's policies and regulations, limited flexibility on UI, and every flow leaning hard on automation instead of the control a native app gives.

We weighed that against the alternative of an app store, a download, storage space, an onboarding flow, all these standing between someone in pain and a doctor.

Today nobody has to learn a new tool to access care on Zaviramed. Just open your whatsapp and start a chat with a doctor → https://t.co/5Scg4pZvQV

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

This is why a stamped lab paper is not enough. “Heavy typhoid & minor malaria” is not a proper medical conclusion.Send the result to a licensed doctor who can actually interpret it and tell you the next step.Zaviramed — licensed doctors on WhatsApp. First consult free.
https://t.co/9dyeVHoqKS

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

Tinea versicolor.

In Nigeria this gets called “vitiligo,” “heat rash,” or “needs a strong chemist cream.”

It’s yeast on oily skin. Warm weather makes it obvious. Steroid creams from the chemist can change the colour and still leave the fungus.

Ketoconazole shampoo on the body often clears it. The pale patches can stay for weeks after the infection is gone — that part is not the same as vitiligo.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@nr_davidolise c.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@ChukaOkpala_ Lab reports like this are why people need a licensed doctor, not just a stamp.Zaviramed connects you to one on WhatsApp. First consultation is free.
https://t.co/9FGDodkYft

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

Congrats Nurse. Worked with you at BMH

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@Naija_PR Doctors are stretched and facilities are inadequate. Patients still need a way to reach a licensed doctor without the queue.That’s what Zaviramed is for — WhatsApp consultation. First one is free.https://t.co/9FGDodkYft

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

Healthcare in Nigeria is still too hard to reach. Zaviramed makes it as simple as sending a WhatsApp message to a licensed doctor — consultations, prescriptions, referrals.
First consult free. Start here: https://t.co/9FGDodkYft #Telemedicine #HealthTechNigeria #WhatsAppDoctor

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@joshibza The pay problem is real.

If telemedicine in Nigeria is just “cheap consult, dump the doctor,” it will keep eating itself.

The model has to price the doctor properly and still be cheaper than missing work to sit in a queue.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@Nnennedaddym Skip random “glow” creams from replies. A lot of them are steroids.

E45 is fine as a bland moisturizer. For even tone, sunscreen + a doctor looking at the actual skin beats mixing three tubes from the chemist.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@SRHINAfrica Usability is the whole game.

If the patient already lives on WhatsApp, the “platform” should start there. Fancy apps fail the moment network or literacy drops.

Would be useful to see how much of that 5G clinic flow could run on a chat thread.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@Peace_Makarr The lecture feels abstract until you watch someone spend a day at general hospital for a rash a doctor could have assessed from a photo.

We don’t have to wait for the public system to catch up before we use the tools patients already have.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@KenEi_Health The ratio is the problem. WhatsApp is not a magic fix, but it stops one doctor being reachable only if you can sit in a queue for 5 hours.

That’s the gap I’m building Zaviramed around: licensed doctor, already on the app people use.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

Yes — for a lot of first-line problems.

Rash photos, refill questions, “do I need the hospital or not” are good online.

Breathing trouble, chest pain, heavy bleeding, confused patient: go in person.

The job of telemedicine is triage + treatment when it’s safe, not replacing the ward.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@GlowrareA This is the right order.

Agbo and chemist cocktails delay the one thing that matters: is this malaria, typhoid, or something else?

A consult + the right test beats three days of guessing.

[Justice Francis @web3whix]

@DreyOfLagos @Private_Jae Heat rash is miserable, but thinner or sandpaper on skin is how people end up with burns on top of the rash.

Cool water, loose clothes, and a doctor if it is painful, spreading, or not settling. Don’t let anyone “treat” skin with chemicals from under the sink.