Vula Mobile is a mobile healthcare application that connects primary healthcare workers in remote rural areas directly in touch with on-call specialists in hospitals. Today’s guest is Dr. William Mapham. He is the founder and Chief Executive of South African startup, Vula Mobile, the app that links primary healthcare workers in remote rural areas in Africa with medical and surgical specialists in hospitals, is eyeing what it describes as the “huge potential” of the global m-healthcare market. Vula Mobile allows healthcare workers to capture basic patient information, take photographs, do a basic test and capture a brief medical history before sending it directly to a specialist. They can ask for advice over a dedicated messaging platform, and decide on the best course of care for the patient.