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Innovation

Articles related to technologies and innovation that aim to improve health systems and immunisation coverage.

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Smartphone displaying a conversation with ChatGPT. Researchers from China and the UK have developed an AI chatbot called the AMR-Policy GPT to help fight antimicrobial resistance. Copyright: Airam Dato-on (Pexels.com license).

AI chatbot deployed to target drug resistance

14 Jan 2025

3 min read

A Covid-19 dashboard showing data in March 2020. Visual: Anton/Unsplash

The Elusive Goal of Nationwide Disease Prediction

10 Jan 2025

12 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Pandemic preparedness

A mother and a child are now refugees at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan where they arrived with others on 18 December after fleeing escalating violence in Sudan where the health system is collapsing from shortages of medical supplies, a loss of doctors, and destroyed or looted medical facilities. Copyright: Reason Moses Runyanga / UNHCR.

AI diagnostics can ease health crisis in war-torn Sudan

7 Jan 2025

3 min read

Innovation Conflict & humanitarian Cross-posts Diagnostics

To make drug prescription accurate and easy, village health teams like Fatuma use a smart health app in their assessments. Credit: Living Goods/2022/Jjumba Martin

WhatsApp, Doc? Health workers in Africa deploy ordinary apps to make an extraordinary difference

10 Dec 2024

4 min read

Innovation

Abdullah Al Mamun, businessman and resident of Uttara sector 11 in Dhaka city and his baby daughter Tahiah Binte Abdullah. Credit: Mohammad Al Amin

How do you find the overlooked? An e-tracking system is bringing Bangladesh closer to universal coverage

5 Dec 2024

5 min read

Innovation Spotlight on zero-dose children

Clinics in remote areas like this one in Chakohwa are taking advantage of Starlink to improve telehealth. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe

Telehealth bridges gaps in Zimbabwe’s health sector

4 Dec 2024

5 min read

Innovation

AI can help to assess ambulance needs.. Credit: Antonio Batinić on Pexels

4 ways AI is transforming healthcare

3 Dec 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Health officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak. Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast

28 Nov 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Outbreaks

The S+ Platform brings self-reliant digital infrastructure to health facilities. The team at Signalytic Uganda builds and quality assures each and every product before being sent out to the selected facility. Credit: Signalytic

From paper to pixels: transforming healthcare in Africa one clinic at a time

1 Nov 2024

3 min read

Innovation Spotlight on innovation

Dr Fredrick Mutisya using the Antimicro.ai platform in Nairobi, Kenya, to predict bacterial resistance to antibiotics in real time, thanks to Artificial Intelligence. Credit: Claudia Lacave/Hans Lucas

How AI is transforming health care in Kenya amid rapid innovation

30 Oct 2024

6 min read

Innovation Spotlight on innovation

I was a beta tester for the Nobel prize-winning AlphaFold AI – it’s going to revolutionise health research

30 Oct 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Spotlight on innovation

A procurement officer from a pharmacy in Jakarta purchasing product on SwipeRx. SwipeRx is supported by Casual Foundry AI to help deliver pharmaceuticals throughout Indonesia.

Multi-armed bandits cooking up an AI storm

29 Oct 2024

4 min read

Innovation Spotlight on innovation

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