Back in 2017, two doctors, Iffat Zafar Aga and Sara Saeed Khurram founded Sehat Kahani. Sehat Kahani is an all-female health provider network.
The two female entrepreneurs had one goal: to deliver healthcare services to under-served patients across Pakistan. Almost five years later, Sehat Kahani is growing faster than ever. Nowadays, the company plays a vital role in the fight against COVID-19 in Pakistan.
The story behind
When the idea was born years ago, two female founders worked as doctors in Pakistan. The long hours, the constant travelling and the social pressure to be a perfect doctor, an ideal mother and an ideal wife made them realize first-hand that female doctors in their country needed a supportive network. Both of them saw many female doctors quitting their jobs after giving birth to their children. In other words, it was almost impossible for female healthcare providers to balance their role as mothers and their role as doctors.
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