What is io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp?

MCP server for health-service coordination in East Africa (afya = health)

How do I install io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp?

Clone io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp from https://github.com/gabrielmahia/afya-mcp and configure it as an MCP server in your client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code).

Is io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp open source?

Yes, io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp is open source under the MIT license. Source code is available at https://github.com/gabrielmahia/afya-mcp.

What category does io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp belong to?

io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp is listed under Developer Tools MCP servers on MCPFind.

io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp — MCP Server for Developer Tools

afya-mcp

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 evaluation
kilimo-mcp — agricultural advisory
afya-mcp — health surveillance activation
county-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.

Part of the East Africa coordination stack

Install & run: pip install reli-cli && reli list — 33 MCP servers on the official MCP Registry under io.github.gabrielmahia
Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack

Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.

Set up in your AI client

AI clientOperating system

Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-gabrielmahia-afya-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "afya-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.

Claude Desktop setup reference

Compatible MCP Clients

io.github.gabrielmahia/afya-mcp works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.

Claude Desktop~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect.

VS Code.vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.

Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect.

Claude Code.mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.

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