OUR MISSION
Muso works to create a cure for delay because no one should die waiting for health care.
OUR STORY
STARTED IN MALI.
More than a decade ago, a small group of Malians and Americans came together to address the injustices of health and poverty they witnessed around them.
Our founders knew that the majority of deaths in the world’s poorest communities are due to curable diseases not treated in time. In the shadow of Mali’s capital, they witnessed neighbors struggle and often fail to access a health care system designed to exclude them, simply because they were poor. Patients got care too late, or not at all. Muso was born from the question: what would happen if we designed a different kind of health care? What if we could create a health system that functioned alongside patients, that reached and treated every patient early, in the first moments of their illness?
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To end the child and maternal mortality crises and deliver universal health coverage at scale, Muso collaborates with policymakers and implementers to design, test, and scale evidence-based health systems that deliver care with speed: to all patients who need it, when they need it.
Muso means woman in Bambara, a lingua franca of Mali.
WE WORK
In Mali since 2008 with a national technical assistance partnership and ten operational sites:
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8 rural sites serving 159,000 people (Bankass)
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2 peri-urban sites serving 294,000 people (Yirimadio, Bamako)
In Côte d’Ivoire since 2019 with a national technical assistance partnership and twenty five operational sites:
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24 sites serving 99,000 people (Madinani)
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1 rural pilot site serving 8,000 people (Adzopé)
OUR VALUES
Justice
At Muso, our commitment to justice drives us to ensure that no patient is charged fees for care. Based on evidence and feedback from the communities we serve, we recognized that charging fees would create significant barriers to timely care. Upholding the right to equitable and early care, we made the decision to offer our services entirely free of charge, ensuring that financial barriers never prevent access to essential healthcare.
Impact
Impact guides us to pursue rigorous research studies to test our hypotheses, to learn, to hold ourselves accountable to the communities we serve, and to support the improvement of national health systems.
Solidarity
We believe that health care is a shared responsibility, and that true progress in global health comes from standing together, especially in times of crisis. Solidarity means more than just collaboration; it is about actively supporting those who are most vulnerable and ensuring that no one is left behind, regardless of their location, background, or circumstances.
Communities
Since our inception, the communities we serve have been at the heart of our approach. Our community partners have helped us redefine the challenge, guiding us toward a sustainable solutions.
2024 - 2028
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