Beyond the Promise of AI: Putting patients at the heart of healthcare in Nigeria

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The article highlights how AI could support patient-centered healthcare in Nigeria, where rural residents face long journeys and limited access to specialist care and diagnostic tools. It points to communities in Kuje, Borno State, and Bayelsa as examples of healthcare access challenges.

By PAVEL URSU For a pregnant woman in a rural settlement in Kuje, Abuja, accessing specialist care may mean hours of travel, considerable expense, and uncertainty. For a child in a hard-to-reach community in Borno State, pneumonia may go undetected because a health worker lacks the necessary diagnostic tools. In a riverine community in Bayelsa […] The post Beyond the Promise of AI: Putting patients at the heart of healthcare in Nigeria appeared first on Vanguard News.