Today’s episode features Emily Young, she is the CEO and co-founder of Moving Health, a company that is literally moving health forward through their low-cost emergency transportation innovation. Their mission is simple. Saving lives, one ride at a tim...

Following up a two-year pilot program, Emily Young's goal is to release 200 three-wheeled ambulances in the next two or three years to serve a half-million people.

Health emergency services in Sissala East: Moving Health donates five tricycle ambulances to five communities. #JoyNews

Moving Health, a nonprofit that designs, builds, and distributes motorcycle ambulances to provide safe and reliable medical transport in rural Ghana,

Non-Governmental Organisation, Moving Health has donated five tricycle ambulances to five rural communities in the Sissala East municipality to aid in their emergency services.

Moving Health, a nonprofit that designs, builds, and distributes motorcycle ambulances to provide safe and reliable medical transport in rural Ghana, announ ...

By Mohammed Balu Tumu (UWR), March 31, GNA – Madam Emily Young, the Chief Executive Officer of Moving Health Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has refurbished some tricycle ambulances…

Moving Health, a nonprofit that designs, builds, and distributes motorcycle ambulances to provide safe and reliable medical transport in rural Ghana, announces the launch of a new ambulance design. The organization spent two years collecting Ghanaian u...

Mana Mama, Moving Health, and We Care Solar are improving care outcomes at every step of maternal health care. "In our initial market research to understand the most common problems for rural communities, this connection to the health facilities was often the root of a majority of issues,” Young said.

Emily Young is a graduate of the MIT’s Mechanical Engineering Department, IDEAS 2017 award recipient, and Co-founder/Executive Director of 'The Okoa Project'. Her nonprofit focuses on connecting families to healthcare when they need it most, and works ...

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emily Young, reflects upon the decision. “Five years ago, we were a group of motivated and passionate student engineers looking to empower communities to build their own ambulances,” says Young. “We started The O...

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Boston-based 501(c)3 organization The Okoa Project has designed an ambulance trailer that attaches to a motorcycle, providing a safe way for patients to access health care in rural Tanzania.

When Emily Young completed her Mechanical Engineering studies at MIT in 2018, she already had a social entrepreneurship venture that she…

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The Okoa Project, which got its start in D-Lab: Design 2016, has been making huge progress toward making motorcycle ambulance trailers a reality for vulnerable communities without access to healthcare. We have been working for two years with The Olive ...

Rural villages in Tanzania and other developing countries are often miles from medical care facilities. Due to cost and road conditions, locals do not own vehicles equipped to transport a person with a medical emergency for long distances. We are tryin...

By Emily Young and Sade Nabahe Upon arrival back into Mbeya, Tanzania, we began the process of planning out and implementing our market research plan – to understand the community context for our Okoa Ambulance on a deeper level. After running the ques...

In rural Tanzania and similar areas, emergency transportation is limited to a few options: walking, biking, or taking a motorcycle taxi. All of which are inc...

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The Okoa Project’s goal: Reduce maternal mortality and connect rural villages to hospitals.

When Emily Young completed her Mechanical Engineering studies at MIT in 2018, she already had a social entrepreneurship venture that she had co-founded which she sought to grow. The Okoa Project turns motorcycles into life-saving emergency healthcare d...

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