VITAALERT HEALTH GRID
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Join the Mission · 2026

Help build the early-warning grid for
Africa's next outbreak.

VitaAlert is a pilot-stage, AI-assisted outbreak intelligence platform built for the places where outbreaks are hardest to fight — low-connectivity, low-resource, high-stakes. We're a small international team turning field reports into faster, smarter epidemic response. We're looking for a handful of committed people — and partner organisations across Africa and beyond — to help us build, connect, and deploy it.

Pilot stage
Working prototype, not a slide deck — see what's live below
2–10 hrs / week
Flexible, remote, contribute at the level you can
Volunteer → paid
Volunteer now; paid roles as funding is secured
NGO · 501(c)(3) host
Operated with a registered U.S. fiscal host
What we're building — and what's already live

A pilot platform you can look at today

VitaAlert isn't a concept on paper. It's a working pilot with real, clickable tools — an offline-first field reporting flow, an AI-assisted symptom analyzer for frontline triage, an outbreak intelligence stream with a live situation brief, and an operations dashboard with contact-network and cross-border views. It's early and evolving, and we're honest about that — but it's real enough that you can try it before you decide to join.

Our mission is simple: help responders move faster than the outbreak. From a single community-health-worker phone report to coordinated response, in days rather than weeks — built mobile-first, AI-augmented, and resilient where the network isn't.

Who we're looking for
Communications & Partnerships
Grow VitaAlert's network and open doors to health ministries, WHO country offices, Africa CDC, and NGOs across Africa — bringing them in as partners.
Public Health & Epidemiology
Outbreak-response and surveillance expertise to keep the platform clinically sound and field-realistic.
GIS & Geospatial
Outbreak mapping, spatial analysis, and making the geographic picture legible to responders.
AI / ML
Risk scoring, cluster and signal detection, and explainable models that work on thin data.
Software Development
Mobile-first (Flutter / FlutterFlow), backend, and offline-sync engineering for low-connectivity field use.
Data Science
Turning field reports and open data into signals, trends, and early-warning indicators.
UX / UI Design
Interfaces that work for community health workers on entry-level phones, in the field, offline.
Grant Writing & Fundraising
Proposals and donor relationships to move volunteer roles onto funded ground.
Community Engagement
Multilingual outreach and trust-building with frontline health workers and local partners.
The honest status — up front

Volunteer now, with a real path to paid roles

We believe in being transparent, especially with people whose work we admire. Contributor roles are currently voluntary while our funding is pending. Our intention is to transition key contributors into paid roles as funding is secured — and fundraising is active, not aspirational.

VitaAlert operates as an NGO collaboration with the support of a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) fiscal host, which gives our funding and partnerships a credible institutional footing. If a mission you can shape from the ground floor appeals to you more than a job description, this is that.

For organisations & partners
Partnership track

Not looking to join as an individual — but want to connect?

If you're with a ministry of health, a WHO or Africa CDC team, an NGO, a clinic, a border-health authority, or a donor initiative, we'd value connecting on a partnership, pilot, or advisory basis rather than as a volunteer. Tell us about your organisation using the form below (choose "Partnership / organisation") or email us directly at info@vitaalert.org. Growing this network across Africa is how VitaAlert reaches the field.

Get in touch
Tell us about you

Join the team — or start a conversation

A few details so we can follow up personally. There's no long application — we read every message.

Your details go only to the VitaAlert team (info@vitaalert.org). We never sell or share them. Submitting opens your email app with the details ready to send.

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If nothing opened, email us directly at info@vitaalert.org and we'll take it from there.

VitaAlert Health Grid is an NGO initiative operated with the support of a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) fiscal host. This is a pilot-stage platform; product tools shown use simulated data for demonstration. Questions: info@vitaalert.org.