HealthLearn

What HealthLearn does

HealthLearn is a Massachusetts-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers accredited, mobile-optimized online training courses to frontline health workers, including nurses, midwives, community health workers, and doctors, at primary health centers in Nigeria and Zambia. Its core product is the HealthLearn Learning Platform, a custom mobile-first learning management system accessible at app.healthlearn.org and engineered for low-bandwidth connections and older smartphones, with WhatsApp and SMS-based authentication to serve users without reliable data connectivity or modern devices. The course catalog centers on the flagship Newborn Care Foundations program, with additional modules in Hypertension Control in Nigeria and Clinical IDSR (Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response), all carrying Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia. Courseware is built on a case-based, learning-science-backed methodology, and impact is validated through clinical practice evaluations showing statistically significant improvements in key clinical behaviors among learners.

The business model is that of a nonprofit: courses are free to end-user health workers, with revenue derived from philanthropic donations and grants, supplemented by earned income from hosting courses on behalf of partner NGOs such as Resolve to Save Lives. The go-to-market approach combines direct social media advertising on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp with formal partnerships through nursing councils and implementing NGOs including Thriving Up, Taimaka, and iDevPro. Operations are lean, with a team of roughly six employees, and the organization has reported approximately 54,705 course completions as of late 2025 at a cost per completion of roughly $2, down from approximately $14 at the platform's earlier stage. Funding to date includes a seed round closed in May 2023 and subsequent grant support including Ultra Philanthropy, with active engagement in GiveWell's cost-effectiveness review process.

Recent strategic activity includes the October 2025 expansion into Zambia via partnership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia, which reached over 30,000 completions and more than 65% of all nurses and midwives in the country within under three months. In September 2025 the organization launched an AI-enhanced support system that classifies learner queries and routes them to pre-approved responses, alongside a course-sharing feature to extend reach through health worker networks. A clinical practice evaluation published in January 2025 provided external validation of the Newborn Care Foundations course impact, and version 1.0 of the learning platform was released in February 2024.

Name

HealthLearn

Legal name

HealthLearn, Inc.

Website

https://healthlearn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HealthLearn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers accredited, mobile-optimized online training courses to nurses, midwives, and frontline health workers at primary health centers in Nigeria and Zambia, covering newborn care, hypertension, and disease surveillance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Health Worker Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medicine & Allied Health (Clinical) (EDAGABAG), Health Sciences & Nursing (EDAGABAF), Health Information Management (EHR) & Medical Office Administration (EDAOAJAF)

Keywords

• Online health education
• Health worker training
• Mobile learning platform
• Continuing professional development
• Global health nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: HealthLearn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 99-2567856) funded primarily through donations and grants from impact-minded donors and foundations. US-based contributions are tax-deductible.
2. Course Hosting Services: HealthLearn earns revenue by hosting and supporting courses for other NGOs (such as Resolve to Save Lives). Revenue covers time invested in developing and improving partner courses as well as shared platform maintenance costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HealthLearn operates a custom-built, mobile-optimized online learning platform (app.healthlearn.org) that delivers accredited, case-based continuing professional development (CPD) courses to nurses, midwives, community health workers, and doctors in primary health centers in developing countries, primarily Nigeria and Zambia. The platform features WhatsApp and SMS-based authentication, low-bandwidth optimization for older smartphones, and course content aligned with national health guidelines.

Product overview

HealthLearn operates as a nonprofit online learning platform providing accredited, case-based, mobile-optimized courses for health workers in developing countries. The core offering consists of the HealthLearn custom learning platform (app.healthlearn.org) hosting a growing portfolio of courses. Primary courses include: Newborn Care Foundations (HealthLearn's flagship course on essential newborn care practices), Hypertension Control in Nigeria (from Resolve to Save Lives on blood pressure management), and Clinical Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response / cIDSR (from Resolve to Save Lives on outbreak detection and response). The platform also supports mini-courses for just-in-time outbreak response. HealthLearn develops some courses internally while hosting and supporting courses for partner NGOs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Newborn Care Foundations Primary flagship course teaching essential newborn care practices including early breastfeeding, skin-to-skin contact, delayed cord clamping, and uterotonic administration. Designed for facility-based birth attendants (nurses, midwives, community health workers) in primary health centers. Accredited by Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria, and Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia for CPD credit.
• Hypertension Control in Nigeria Course developed by Resolve to Save Lives that trains health workers to diagnose and manage high blood pressure. Supports Nigeria's government initiative to bring hypertension treatment services into primary health centers. Builds on a prior pilot that demonstrated substantial learning gains and positive reception from health workers.
• Clinical Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (cIDSR) Course developed by Resolve to Save Lives that trains health workers to identify, report, and manage suspected cases of diseases with outbreak potential. Includes outbreak response capabilities and mini-courses (e.g., cholera mini-course released in response to outbreak). Supports Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
• HealthLearn Learning Platform Mobile-optimized, custom-built learning management system tailored for health workers in developing countries. Supports low-bandwidth connections (over 95% of learners use phones), offers WhatsApp and SMS login, includes retention notifications, sharing features, and AI-powered support. Can host multiple courses from HealthLearn and partner organizations. Released under open-source license.

Quantifiable outcome

• 87% course uptake among target health workers in pilot (261 of 299 completed)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia (NMCZ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 October 2025Government body that partnered with HealthLearn to launch Newborn Care Foundations in Zambia. Provided high degree of buy-in and official dissemination of the course through official channels. Approved the course for 20 CPD points.
• Good ImpressionsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Marketing support partner that provided pro bono expertise for social media advertising campaigns. Helped optimize campaigns while maintaining low costs per course completer.
• Resolve to Save LivescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024HealthLearn partners with Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) to develop and host courses on epidemic preparedness and hypertension diagnosis and management. RTSL courses focus on Nigerian health workers at primary health centers. HealthLearn earns revenue from hosting these courses, which contributes to platform maintenance and core team costs.
• Brooks InsightscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Evaluation partner that led data collection for clinical practice evaluation. Conducted direct observations of birth attendants before and after taking the HealthLearn course, using standardized checklists and KoboCollect for data gathering.
• Thriving Up InitiativecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 September 2023Local NGO based in Abuja that implements the newborn care course pilot in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Leads organization of health workers, course dissemination, and motivation. Liaises with local and state governments to ensure appropriate approvals.
• The Taimaka ProjectcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 September 2023NGO based in Gombe State that implements the newborn care course pilot. Runs community management of malnutrition programs in collaboration with government and supports training dissemination in the North East geopolitical zone.
• iDevPro (DevProNet International)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 September 2023Local nonprofit in Kano State that implements the newborn care course pilot. Works in health and education sectors, including partnership with Family Empowerment Media. Supports training dissemination in Kano.
• Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health, specifically the Family Health Department and Newborn Care Unit, validated and approved the newborn care course content. The Newborn Care Subcommittee reviewed and validated course contents for alignment with national guidelines.
• National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Government agency that oversees primary health center activities in Nigeria. Met with HealthLearn during initial scoping and provided guidance on pilot implementation. The National Emergency Maternal and Child Health Intervention Center was involved in discussions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Last Mile Health: Nonprofit focused on training, equipping, and paying community health workers in remote settings across Africa. Comparable in its mission to improve primary care workforce capability in low-resource settings, though its delivery model emphasizes in-person supervision alongside digital tools.
• Jhpiego: International nonprofit affiliated with Johns Hopkins that builds capacity of frontline health workers in low- and middle-income countries through in-person and blended training. Comparable as a major global health training organization serving the same primary health workforce, though with a much larger institutional footprint.
• Amref Health Africa: Africa's largest health NGO, focused on training and capacity-building of community health workers and nurses across the continent. Comparable as a regional incumbent with established training programs targeting the same African primary health workforce.

Direct peers

• Global Health eLearning Center (USAID): USAID-funded program offering free online courses for global health professionals, including on maternal and child health topics. Closely comparable in delivering accredited, free continuing education to frontline health workers in low-resource settings.
• Osmosis (Elsevier): Elsevier-owned digital health education platform with case-based video learning for medical students and clinicians. Comparable as an online, case-based clinical learning platform targeting health professionals, though typically oriented toward pre-service medical education rather than in-service CPD in low-resource settings.
• WHO Academy: World Health Organization's learning platform delivering free online courses for health workers globally on priority public health topics. Directly comparable as a free, globally accessible, online health-worker training platform, though WHO Academy's broader mandate and institutional backing make it a much larger-scale incumbent.
• BMJ Learning: BMJ's online CPD/CME platform for healthcare professionals worldwide, providing case-based clinical learning modules. Comparable as a CPD-accredited, case-based online learning service targeting practicing clinicians, though focused more on high-resource markets.
• Lecturio: Online medical education platform offering case-based video lectures and quizzes for medical students and professionals. Comparable in delivering case-based, mobile-accessible clinical learning for healthcare learners, though primarily serving high-resource markets and medical-school curricula.

Emerging players

• Resolve to Save Lives: Global health organization focused on cardiovascular disease and epidemic preparedness that has partnered with HealthLearn to develop and host courses. Comparable as a course-content partner addressing overlapping health-worker training needs in primary care.
• mDoc: Digital health social enterprise operating across Africa that combines technology with human coaching for chronic disease self-management and health-worker support. Comparable as an Africa-focused digital health player, with overlapping health-worker engagement though a broader consumer-facing remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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