One identity for every care moment.
Nigeria first. Pan-African in ambition. A universal lifetime record so care follows the person, not the building.
Health records are fragmented across buildings.
In Nigeria today, a patient has a different file number at every facility they visit. When you move from primary to secondary care, from Lagos to Abuja, or from one hospital to another after an emergency — your record does not follow you. The doctor treating you works blind.
This is not a data problem. It is an identity problem. There is no shared identifier that says: this person’s record lives here.
The Health Point Number: one identifier, issued once, for life.
PHB issues every Nigerian — patient and clinician — a single Health Point Number in the format PHB-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. It is the “BVN of healthcare”: one identity that every PHB-connected hospital, pharmacy, lab and ambulance can read. Your record follows you, not the building.
The beliefs we build on.
AI assists, never decides
Elara, PHB’s AI assistant, helps triage and drafts notes for clinicians. A licensed professional always confirms before any clinical action is taken. This is a binding rule, not a guideline.
Consent and audit are features
Transparency is not a compliance checkbox. You can see exactly who accessed your record, when and why — in plain language, not a system log — at any time, on any channel.
Data sovereignty is non-negotiable
Your health data lives in Nigeria and never leaves Nigerian borders. This is enforced at the network layer, not just in policy. A Sovereignty Gateway blocks every egress attempt.
Inclusion by design
No smartphone? No data? No problem. USSD *894# on any network, IVR on 0700 PHB CARE and in-facility front-desk access are first-class channels — not afterthoughts.
Lagos. Abuja. Bayelsa. Then all 36 states.
PHB launches in the three states that capture the full range of Nigeria’s health system — a megacity, the federal capital and a riverine, USSD-first community. We learn from all three before scaling.
Inclusion is the mission. The no-smartphone patient in Bayelsa is as fully supported as the smartphone user in Lagos. Every channel, every language — designed from day one.
“To give every Nigerian valuable insight into their health — and the power to act on it.”
Be part of it. Create your Health Point Number.
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