Klaus Tilmes
As Africa’s health care systems are often underfunded, ill-equipped, understaffed, or not accessible at all, Sub-Saharan Africa has become a booming arena for digital health innovation. The use of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated high applicability for both outbreak control and preparedness as well as to address a range of diseases and improve public health services. COVID-19 has ignited further momentum by highlighting the promise of AI in medicine and health care, with applications ranging from disease surveillance to drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, patient care, and health system management. However, this promise will not be realized without addressing persistent inequities in terms of health care access and outcomes.
