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AI medicine comes to Africa's rural clinics
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Artificial IntelligenceEngineeringRemote Patient MonitoringBiometricsHealth Monitoring (Structural Health Monitoring)Health Monitoring (Biomedical Engineering)Rural Health ClinicsConnected HealthDigital HealthAi HealthcareGlobal HealthcarePublic HealthTraditional MedicineAssistive TechnologyCervical HealthAi MedicineEhealthHealth Information TechnologyHealthcare AccessCervical CancerGlobal HealthRural HealthInternational HealthHuman-computer InteractionTechnologyMedicineHealth InformaticsMobile Health
In rural health clinics across Kenya, women have started showing up with a surprising request: They've come for their "cervical selfies." ¶ Their enthusiasm is a good omen for a public health campaign against cervical cancer now under way in six African countries. Using an optical accessory that snaps onto any Android smartphone and makes use of its camera, health workers are examining women and catching early signs of cancer, enabling them to get immediate treatment. And soon this diagnostic device will be better still. With the integration of artificial intelligence, this technology may serve as a model for smarter health care in Africa and beyond.