Mzansi chronic care

Today

Built for local care

Clinic queues, home visits, medication parcels, and family support.

MakhiCare keeps the record simple enough for patients, useful enough for care workers, and practical for South African public and private care pathways.

Patient profile

Set up patient details

Choose the patient's conditions so the app can show the most relevant trackers and care providers.

Daily check-in

How are your numbers looking?

Blood pressure No reading Log systolic and diastolic.
Blood sugar No reading Use your clinic target range.
Medication Not logged Tick it off each day.
Body measures No reading Track weight, BMI, and waist.
Steps No reading Add steps or walking minutes.

Today's affordable plate

Beans, brown rice, spinach

A filling plate using common supermarket or spaza-shop ingredients: beans, a fist of brown rice, spinach, tomato, onion, and a small amount of oil.

Movement

10 minute walk

A gentle walk after a meal can help with glucose control and supports heart health. Start small if you have been inactive.

Patient demographics

Build the care profile

Private on this device
Conditions to support

Daily measurements

Add today's reading

Saved on this device

Recent readings

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Affordable food

Build a balanced local plate

Vegetables
Protein
High-fibre starch

MakhiCare food guidance follows WHO healthy-diet principles and translates them into everyday South African foods: beans, lentils, spinach, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, apples, oranges, oats, brown rice, samp, pilchards, eggs, chicken pieces, plain maas, and yoghurt.

Choose mostly minimally processed foods, keep salt and sugary drinks low, use healthier oils in small amounts, and match portions to your clinic plan.

WHO food principle

More plants, more fibre

Build meals around vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and pulses such as beans, lentils, chickpeas, and dried peas.

WHO food principle

Less salt and sugar

Limit salt, stock cubes, salty snacks, processed meats, sugary drinks, sweets, and fruit juice. Choose water first.

WHO food principle

Better fats

Prefer steaming, boiling, grilling, or stewing. Use small amounts of sunflower, canola, or other unsaturated oils instead of hard fats.

Movement plan

Low-cost activity, no gym needed

Start gentle

Options include walking, chair strength, Pilates-style mobility, balance work, and a low-impact version of the scientific 7-minute workout. Pause during gout flares, dizziness, chest pain, severe tiredness, or clinician-advised rest.

Dedicated care providers

Care team by condition

These are the provider types to ask for through a clinic, CHC, hospital, GP practice, medical aid network, or local referral pathway. Availability differs by area.

Provider access

Clinic and care worker view

Feedback only
Not a secure login yet This feedback view works on the same device. A real provider login needs secure accounts, roles, audit logs, and POPIA-compliant access control.

How alerts work now

Email-based feedback workflow

  • Patient or care worker enters doctor/clinic email in Home.
  • They use Alert doctor, Email doctor review, or Email referral request.
  • The device email app opens a prepared message.
  • The sender reviews and sends it to the provider.
  • Secure provider inbox notifications will be used where provider accounts are enabled.

Community care

Home support and review dates

Care coordination
Not for emergencies This email option is for routine or non-urgent messages. Identify the patient by medical aid/member number only. For chest pain, stroke signs, fainting, severe breathing problems, or danger symptoms, call 112 or go to emergency care.

Care worker tasks

What community care can support

  • Deliver chronic medication parcels where the service is available.
  • Check blood pressure or blood sugar at the patient's home.
  • Follow up anemia symptoms, iron treatment, and blood-test review dates.
  • Support gout flare check-ins and transport when pain limits walking.
  • Help patients prepare for clinic review dates.
  • Arrange or flag transport needs for clinic appointments.
  • Escalate warning symptoms to a nurse, doctor, clinic, or emergency service.

Doctor review

No review date saved

Add a doctor review date and email address to prepare a simple email summary for the clinician.

Saved home support requests

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Referral program

Ask for extra care support

Clinic or partner referral
Anonymous support option Patients can ask for peer or group support without sharing their name inside the group. The clinic or program coordinator should use authorised records if follow-up is needed.

Referral options

Who can support the patient?

  • Dietitian for food, weight, diabetes, anemia, blood pressure, and gout-friendly meal planning.
  • Psychologist or counsellor for stress, adherence, illness adjustment, grief, or anxiety.
  • Physiotherapist for safe movement, joint pain, gout recovery, strength, and mobility.
  • Optometrist or eye clinic for diabetes eye screening and vision concerns.
  • Support groups for shared learning, encouragement, and anonymous peer support.

Saved referral requests

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MakhiCare feedback

Help improve MakhiCare

Use this section to record user feedback, care-team notes, and improvement requests. MakhiCare is not an emergency service.

Service goals

What MakhiCare supports

  • Can patients log readings without help?
  • Do care workers understand home support requests?
  • Are diet, exercise, and referral options understandable?
  • Do doctor emails contain useful information?

User feedback

Record feedback

Local feedback notes

Share feedback app

QR code and link

QR code to open MakhiCare

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This feedback QR points to the app link only. It does not include patient health information.

Saved User feedback

0 notes

When to get help

Do not wait for danger symptoms

  • Get urgent help for chest pain, stroke signs, fainting, confusion, severe shortness of breath, or severe weakness.
  • Very high blood pressure with headache, chest pain, blurred vision, breathing difficulty, confusion, or vomiting needs immediate care.
  • MakhiCare messages are non-emergency. In South Africa, call 112 or go to emergency care for danger symptoms.

High blood pressure

Track the pattern, not one number

  • Measure while rested: sit quietly, feet on the floor, arm supported, and use similar times each day.
  • Log systolic and diastolic readings, symptoms, medication use, stress, salt intake, and activity.
  • WHO highlights healthier diet, lower salt, activity, tobacco avoidance, medication adherence, and regular review.
WHO hypertension

Diabetes

Your clinic target is personal

  • Log when the reading was taken: fasting, before meal, after meal, bedtime, or unsure.
  • CDC notes that food, medicine, stress, illness, and activity can change blood sugar during the day.
  • Ask your care team what your target range is and how often to check, especially if using insulin or having lows.
CDC blood sugar monitoring

Anemia

Track tiredness, breathlessness, and review dates

  • Log tiredness, dizziness, shortness of breath, heavy bleeding, pregnancy, diet changes, and supplement use.
  • Record hemoglobin or iron result notes and the next blood-test or clinic review date.
  • WHO healthy-diet guidance supports varied nutrient-dense foods, including iron-supporting foods such as beans, lean meats, and dark-green vegetables.
WHO healthy diet

Gout

Record flares and triggers

  • CDC describes gout as sudden pain, swelling, redness, and heat in a joint, often the big toe.
  • Log the joint area, pain score, swelling, heat, medication, water intake, and possible triggers.
  • CDC suggests limiting high-purine triggers such as alcohol, sugary drinks, red meat, organ meats, and some seafood.
CDC gout

Food guidance

WHO principles, South African foods

  • WHO recommends variety, balance, moderation, diversity, more vegetables, fruit, whole grains, pulses, and less salt, sugar, saturated fat, and trans fat.
  • South African guidance supports vegetables and fruit, dry beans, split peas, lentils, soya, milk, maas, yoghurt, fish, chicken, lean meat, eggs, water, and sparing salt/sugar/fat.
  • MakhiCare translates this into affordable local meals such as beans, samp, oats, pilchards, cabbage, spinach, lentils, eggs, maas, and brown bread.
WHO healthy diet South African food guidelines

Movement and steps

Start where the patient is

  • Track steps and walking minutes so the care team can see gradual activity patterns.
  • WHO supports regular moderate activity and strength work. Start gently and follow clinician advice.
  • Pause exercise during chest pain, dizziness, severe tiredness, gout flares, severe breathlessness, or clinician-advised rest.
WHO physical activity

Medication

Make the routine visible

  • Log whether medication was taken so missed doses can be discussed without shame.
  • Do not stop prescribed medication without speaking to a clinician.
  • Use a phone alarm, pill box, family reminder, clinic date, or community care worker follow-up.

Privacy and adverts

Health data stays protected

  • Do not share ID numbers, passwords, full addresses, or sensitive personal details in general notes unless needed for care.
  • Doctor and referral messages are for non-emergency use and can be reviewed before sending.
  • Sponsored content is labelled, and health readings, conditions, BMI, waist, symptoms, demographics, or referrals are not used to target adverts.