afya-mcp
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Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic
Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short.
Install: pip install afya-mcp · Use with any MCP client.
MCP server for Kenya health system navigation — NHIF coverage, facility finder, maternal health, CHW support, and essential medicines. 6 tools.
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
It connects to africa-coord-bus — the coordination
event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
When this server detects a threshold condition, the bus notifies:
bima-mcp— parametric insurance evaluationkilimo-mcp— agricultural advisoryafya-mcp— health surveillance activationcounty-mcp— county office alert
pip install africa-coord-bus
All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia
AI Architecture: Health Domain RAG
Medical AI requires grounding — ungrounded responses in health contexts cause real harm. Use this server as a RAG entry point, not a standalone health oracle.
Research basis:
- RAG Best Practices for Medical Domain (2026): RAG outperforms chain-of-thought on complex medical reasoning and is more interpretable — critical in clinical contexts.
- AfricaNLP 2025/2026: Only 4 African languages (incl. Swahili) have consistent NLP support. Healthcare is identified as the highest-priority domain needing accurate, grounded AI — and the one with the most critical data gaps.
- Multilingual NLP for African Healthcare (AfricaNLP 2025): Bias and translation errors persist specifically in African health AI contexts.
Appropriate use:
✅ Health facility navigation, NHIF coverage lookup, community health worker support
✅ Health information grounded in verified Kenya health system data
✅ Triage to appropriate care level
❌ Diagnosis, prescription, or clinical decision-making (human-in-the-loop required)
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.