Health information with sources
Tabibu answers health questions from published sources, shows exactly which ones it used, and puts emergency help first. It does not diagnose, and it tells you when an answer is general knowledge rather than from its sources.
Ask in your own words. Free questions every day, no card, no account needed.
What dose of folic acid is recommended in early pregnancy?
The usual recommended amount in early pregnancy is 400 micrograms (0.4 mg) of folic acid once daily, started as soon as pregnancy is confirmed, or ideally before pregnancy, and continued through pregnancy. Kenya’s Ministry of Health guidelines recommend this daily amount.12
Some people may need a higher dose because of particular medical or pregnancy-history risk factors; a clinician should decide whether that applies to you. Check the supplement label or ask a pharmacist, especially if you already take a prenatal vitamin, so you do not accidentally double up.
Sources it cited
Captured from the live product, first two paragraphs. Tabibu gives general health information, not a diagnosis.
Answers draw on published sources. Tabibu started in Kenya, so its deepest coverage today is the Kenya Ministry of Health, the Social Health Authority and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, plus published medical literature. Other answers are labelled as general knowledge. None of these organisations endorses or is affiliated with Tabibu.
How an answer is made
A general chatbot writes from memory. Tabibu looks things up first, and shows you where it looked.
Before any of this, the emergency check runs. A message that describes a stroke, heavy bleeding or thoughts of self-harm gets the emergency card first: call 999 or 112.
In your own language, or a mix. No form, no menu of topics, no account needed to start.
It searches published guidelines and official documents before it writes a word, so the answer is built on documents you can open.
A direct answer first, then the detail, the numbered sources, and what to do next. If it has no source for a fact, it says so.
Insurance rules, as data
Health-insurance rules are a good test of a health AI: they have exact answers that change. As a worked example, here is Kenya's SHIF, checked against the Social Health Authority's own pages. Estimate a monthly contribution, then ask Tabibu what is covered.
Open the Kenya SHA guideEstimated contribution
KSh 1,650/ month
2.75% of gross salary, taken through payroll. At least KSh 300 a month, with no upper limit.
An estimate only: SHA assesses your actual amount. Rates as published by SHA, last checked 5 Oct 2026. sha.go.ke/premium-rates
Who it is for
Ask the question you would put to a knowledgeable neighbour, and get it answered with sources.
Check a guideline line or a local brand name quickly, with the document it came from.
Cut repeat questions about cover: members get a plain-language answer before they call.
These are example questions, not answers: ask your own in the chat.
Honest limits
A health tool earns trust by being clear about its edges. These are the lines we design for and test against. The checks are rule-based: they lower the risk, they are not a guarantee, and a pharmacist or clinician always has the last word.
Tabibu explains possible causes and what clinicians look at, names the red flags, and says what to ask. It never states a diagnosis as fact.
Those go to a pharmacist or clinician. Everyday amounts, like folic acid or oral rehydration salts, come with a "check the label" note.
If there is no source for an insurance rule, a vaccine schedule or a price, it says so instead of making something up.
The emergency card comes first, with one-tap local emergency numbers, before any other text. A rule fires before the language model runs.
Attach a lab result, prescription or radiology report and Tabibu explains what is printed and what to ask your clinician. It does not interpret X-ray, CT or MRI images or skin photos, never calls a result normal, and never tells you to change a medicine.
When its curated sources do not cover a question, the answer is labelled as general health information, not from those sources.
How it is tested
These figures are generated from the project's real test files, not typed by hand. They are our own test sets, not clinical trials.
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Messages Tabibu must escalate, or must not wrongly escalate, in English, Kiswahili (85), Sheng and four other languages.
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Run on every change to the service, including the safety rules.
41 questions whose answers exist only in the newer guidelines; share of expected facts found in the top five passages.
Generated 5 October 2026 from the Tabibu test files. These are small, purpose-built sets: they show regressions and improvements, not clinical accuracy. Read what we test, and where Tabibu falls short.
Pricing
Free
KSh 0
25 questions a day
For checking cover and getting a first answer. No card, no expiry.
Basic
KSh 500/ month
100 questions a day
For people who ask often, or for a household.
Pro
KSh 1,500/ month
500 questions a day
For clinics, pharmacies and heavy daily use.
Questions
Many health decisions go wrong before they start: the wrong level of care, a lapsed cover, a dose that was never checked. Those are answerable questions.