joanayissindong/healthnearby

Find healthcare facilities in Cameroon # 🏥 HealthNearby > Find healthcare facilities in Cameroon — with real-time open/closed status and Mobile Money filters. **It is 11 PM in Bépanda, Douala. A mother's child has a fever that won't break. She needs a pharmacy — open right now, that accepts MTN MoMo. She has no app to check. She starts calling neighbors.** HealthNearby was built to end that walk. 🔗 **Live demo:** healthnearby-8kw8.vercel.app 💻 **API:** healthnearby.vercel.app 📝 **DEV.to article:** dev.to --- ## The Problem - **7.9%** of Cameroonians have health insurance — 92.1% navigate the system entirely on their own - **70%** of all healthcare spending comes directly from households - **19.5 million** active Mobile Money accounts — yet no way to filter facilities by payment method - On-duty pharmacy rotations are published only in local newspapers — inaccessible at 11 PM The facilities exist. The payment infrastructure exists. **What's missing is the information layer.** HealthNearby is that information layer. --- ## Features | Feature | Description | |---|---| | 🔍 **Search** | By city (Douala, Yaoundé) and facility type | | 💛 **MTN MoMo filter** | Find facilities that accept Mobile Money | | 🟠 **Orange Money filter** | Same for Orange Money users | | 🌙 **On-duty filter** | Surface pharmacies open late at night | | 🕐 **Real-time status** | Open/closed computed from current local time — no manual updates | | 📞 **One-tap call** | Native `tel:` link, works on any Android phone | | 📱 **Mobile-first** | Designed for low-end Android phones first | --- ## Tech Stack | Layer | Technology | Hosting | |---|---|---| | Frontend | React + TailwindCSS (Vite) | Vercel | | Backend | Node.js + Express REST API | Vercel (serverless) | | Database | PostgreSQL — 20 seeded facilities | Neon | --- ## Architecture This project follows **Clean Architecture** combined with **Domain-Driven Design (DD …