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AI Funding Trends in Digital Health: Gates Foundation Grant Awards Analysis

AI Funding Trends in Digital Health: Gates Foundation Grant Awards Analysis

Published on: Dec 04 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on AI Funding Trends in Digital Health: Gates Foundation Grant Awards Analysis
The Gates Foundation recently announced the winners of their Grand Challenge for “Catalyzing Equitable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use.” According to the...
Moving From e-Chaos to Uganda’s New Digital Health Strategy

Moving From e-Chaos to Uganda’s New Digital Health Strategy

Published on: Nov 16 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Moving From e-Chaos to Uganda’s New Digital Health Strategy
In May 2023, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) inaugurated the National Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan. Aligned with the National Development...
From e-Chaos to Sustainable Health Impact with FHIR

From e-Chaos to Sustainable Health Impact with FHIR

Published on: Nov 09 2023 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
In a recent ICTworks article, Karamagi et al. describe digital health as in a state of e-Chaos. They demand digital health projects “stop further duplication,...
7 Ways to Use Large Language Models in International Development

7 Ways to Use Large Language Models in International Development

Published on: Nov 08 2023 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Greetings, humans! In the vast expanse of the digital realm, I, an enthusiastic Large Language Model (LLM), have taken it upon myself to demystify the wonders of...
How to Bring Public Financial Management into the Digital Era

How to Bring Public Financial Management into the Digital Era

Published on: Nov 02 2023 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
In our new paper and recent conference, we are critical of the prevailing paradigm for how we think about digital within public financial management (PFM). In short,...
Does China Have an African Technology Company Strategy?

Does China Have an African Technology Company Strategy?

Published on: Oct 26 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Does China Have an African Technology Company Strategy?
Strides taken by Chinese national champions undertaking extraction and infrastructure projects in Africa are not short of the media spotlight and scholarly scrutiny. When...
7 Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Global Health

7 Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Global Health

Published on: Oct 25 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 7 Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Global Health
We’ve all read the warning stories about AI: sentient robots, deep fakes, disappearing jobs. If the risk-benefit calculation for use and regulation of AI focuses...
Open Question for AI4Good: AI for (whose) good?

Open Question for AI4Good: AI for (whose) good?

Published on: Oct 19 2023 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
In recent years, AI for Good (AI4G) – or also AI for Social Good (AI4SG) – has become a catchy label for initiatives, gatherings and funding calls, all revolving...
Five AI Innovators Shaping the Future of International Development

Five AI Innovators Shaping the Future of International Development

Published on: Oct 18 2023 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
Artificial Intelligence stands at the forefront as a transformative force, reshaping myriad sectors including international development. In this article, we delve...
Opportunities for Natural Language Processing in Humanitarian Relief

Opportunities for Natural Language Processing in Humanitarian Relief

Published on: Oct 12 2023 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
Natural language processing (NLP) is a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence, which is concerned...