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Can AI become a trusted frontline diagnostician?
In communities across Zimbabwe, AI-powered tools are helping frontline workers detect disease earlier and facilitate timely care.
Farai Shawn Matiashe—Zimbabwe
8 min read


AI will augment, not replace, doctors
Generative AI is moving healthcare towards general medical intelligence. The goal is ensuring patients benefit.
George Zarkadakis—Switzerland
4 min read


The push for local data to fuel Vietnam’s medical AI
Vietnamese developers are reducing reliance on Western datasets to build AI tools grounded in local realities.
Thu Dinh—Vietnam
8 min read


AI raises the stakes for African health data protection
Health data is now a strategic resource. The question is not just access, but who controls, benefits, and uses it.
Ray Mwareya—South Africa
7 min read


Why Africa should build trust in AI differently
Africa's opportunity is to show how trustworthy AI is built: strong institutions, local evidence, and evaluation.
Caroline S Mbindyo—Kenya
5 min read


Data centre boom comes with steep health and climate costs
Data centres are powering rapid health advances, but the industrial scale of their expansion threatens communities.
Danny Buckland—Global
8 min read


How AI could help crack vaccine science’s hardest problem
AI is set to help regional biotechs develop the next generation of vaccines by helping more researchers find answers faster.
Roberto Amato & Bilal A Mateen—Global
4 min read


Better AI for women’s health hinges on more data
AI has the potential to close longstanding research gaps and advance women's health, but only if it is built on higher quality data.
Becky McCall—Global
8 min read


Health AI must be designed with equity at its core
Equity must be built into how health AI in African health systems is designed, validated, governed, and implemented.
Nyawira Gitahi—Kenya
6 min read


Is AI closing care gaps for underserved communities?
AI is reshaping healthcare for marginalised communities, but bias and weak oversight could deepen existing gaps.
Brian Mastroianni—US
8 min read


Why health AI needs trust built into workflows
Digital literacy, accountable follow-up, and local ownership decide whether AI becomes a trusted component of care.
Aryan Chaudhary—UK
5 min read


AI alone cannot fix Africa’s health service delivery gaps
AI offers hope for Africa’s health service delivery challenges, but its impact depends on the strength of health systems themselves.
Paul Adepoju—Nigeria
7 min read


Putting health outcomes at the centre of procurement
The ultimate purpose of medicines procurement is to support better outcomes through person-centred health systems.
Sean Lybrand—Global
4 min read


Can market shaping improve medicine access across Africa?
AI offers hope for Africa’s health service delivery challenges, but its impact depends on the strength of health systems.
Paul Adepoju—Nigeria
7 min read


How AI is transforming procurement at the point of care
With PATH investment, AI can move procurement intelligence beyond national dashboards and into the hands of frontline health workers.
Samuel Wambugu—US
4 min read


Tech could be the magic pill for Kenya’s health system
Kenya is turning to real-time digital procurement systems to reduce stock-outs, cut costs, and keep essential medicines flowing.
Joyce Chimbi—Kenya
7 min read


The case for regional pooled procurement of antibiotics
Buying antibiotics regionally could fix supply and protect stewardship at the same time.
Rahul Dwivedi—UK
5 min read


Pooled procurement strengthening Africa’s medicine supply
Regional pooled procurement is emerging as a key response to fragmented medicine purchasing across Africa to improve prices and supply.
Zarina Geloo—Zambia
7 min read


The open data platforms transforming health procurement
Open data platforms make healthcare procurement more transparent, but real accountability depends on active civil society monitoring.
Angela Tufvesson—Hong Kong
7 min read


Why patient voices matter in health procurement
Procurement decisions shape far more than medicine supply: they influence whether patients access timely care and complete treatment.
Danny Buckland—Global
8 min read
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