The Makerere University AI Health Lab is a pioneering research institution focused on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform healthcare across Africa. Located at one of Africa’s leading universities, the lab brings together a diverse team of researchers, technologists, healthcare professionals, and policy experts dedicated to solving the continent’s most pressing health challenges through AI innovations.
Our work spans a range of critical areas, including AI-driven diagnostics, predictive health analytics, and the development of data-driven solutions aimed at improving access to quality healthcare. We are committed to advancing cutting-edge research while ensuring that AI-powered health technologies are translated into real-world applications that make a tangible difference in people’s lives.
We created a simple 3D-printed adapter that connects a smartphone to a microscope. This allows healthcare workers to take pictures of samples through the microscope using their phone's camera. This can help doctors diagnose diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and cervical cancer more accurately and quickly.
AI has the potential to greatly improve healthcare, but it needs a lot of data to work effectively. In many low-income countries, there isn't enough data to train AI models.
Thanks to the Lacuna Fund, we've created a dataset of blood sample images from Uganda and Ghana. We're sharing these images with researchers worldwide to help them develop AI models for diagnosing malaria. This will make malaria diagnosis faster, more accurate, and accessible, especially in areas with limited medical resources.
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