https://github.com/codeforafrica/healthtools.ke-thestarhealth

HealthTools is a suite of data-driven web and SMS-based tools that help citizens check everything from medicine prices and hospital services, to whether their doctor is a quack or not. The toolkit was pioneered in Kenya, and has since also been deployed in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. The original project can be accessed at: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/
https://github.com/codeforafrica/healthtools.ke-thestarhealth

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HealthTools is a suite of data-driven web and SMS-based tools that help citizens check everything from medicine prices and hospital services, to whether their doctor is a quack or not. The toolkit was pioneered in Kenya, and has since also been deployed in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. The original project can be accessed at: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/codeforafrica/healthtools.ke-thestarhealth
• Owner: CodeForAfrica
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-09-27T14:13:04.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-07T05:34:18.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-04T08:02:13.140Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: africa, civic-apps, civictech, code-for-africa, code-for-kenya, doctor, health, healthtools, hospital-services, kenya, media, medicine-prices, newstools, sms
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/
• Size: 3.8 MB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 25
• Forks: 17
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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HealthTools.KE - theStar Health


HealthTools is a suite of data-driven web and SMS-based tools that help citizens check everything from medicine prices and hospital services, to whether their doctor is a quack or not. The toolkit was pioneered in Kenya, and has since also been deployed in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa.


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## Table of contents

- [Installation](#installation)

- [Testing](#testing)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [License and Copyright](#license-and-copyright)

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## Installation

This is a [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com) powered website hosted on [Github Pages](https://pages.github.com/). To install:

1. Install Ruby globally

    - `sudo apt-get install ruby` For Linux Users

    - `brew install ruby` For Mac Users 

    - Download the RubyInstaller - For Windows Users

2. Install Jekyll and Bundler gems through RubyGems

    - `gem install jekyll bundler`

3. Inside the cloned repo directory, run the application

    - `jekyll serve`

 

4. You should now be able to access the application on http://localhost:4000

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## Testing

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## Contributing

Contributions are always welcomed to the project. If you are interested in enhancing the features in the project, follow these simple steps:

 * Fork the project to your repository then clone it to your local machine.

 * Create a new branch and make the necessary enhancement to the features.

 * If the you wish to update an existing enhancement submit a pull request.

 * Pull requests should follow the standard format adopted for this project.

 * If you are unsure about certain areas in the project feel to ask for assistance.

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## License and Copyright

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Code for Africa

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in

all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN

THE SOFTWARE.