Our latest think-pieces and emerging research insights around AI and data innovation for government responses and policy making in the Global South

Digital Health Data: Part of the solution and part of the problem?
Let's imagine a story. Clara works as a gynecologist in different health institutions in a  province in the center of Argentina. One day, she is contacted by the providers of a preventive health program of the provincial Ministry of Health. In order to formulate public policies that take into account the reality and…
Let's imagine a story. Clara works as a gynecologist in different health institutions in a  province…
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Collecting COVID-19 Longitudinal Data Across Communities in Rwanda
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Analyzing Community Voices from Radio Broadcasts for Public Health Planning, Response and Policy Influencing
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Homegrown AI Solutions for COVID-19 Response and Recovery in Uganda
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ARPHAI Pushes for the De-binarization of Argentina’s Electronic Health Record System
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Towards Building A Harmonized COVID-19 Data System: A Look At Rwanda
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Enhancing Argentina’s Public Health System Management to Improve Responses to the Pandemic
The Argentinean Public Health Research on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Epidemic Prevention…
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Strengthening Africa’s COVID-19 Data Ecosystem using Artificial Intelligence
An unexpected bout of fever early this year heralded what would be my worst encounter with COVID-19…
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The Power of Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data  in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa
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 AI Informed Strategies to Mitigate the Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and Malaysia
COVID-19 caught the world off-guard. Amongst other countries, Sri Lanka and Malaysia had to implement…
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