Ethiopia
Hub: Jimma University, Ethiopia
Title: Polio antenna: Responsible AI for improving polio pandemic surveillance sensitivity
Team Members
Gelan Ayana
Director
Koleb Dese
Team Member
Efrem Wakjira
Team Member
Hundessa Daba
Team Member
Hamdia Murad
Team Member
Ketema Lemma
Team Member
Dessalegn Yohanness
Team Member
Bontu Habtamu
Team Member
Gashaw Demlew
Team Member
Elbetel Taye
Team Member
Mikias Alayu
Team Member
Mesfin Tefera
Team MemberGeneral Objectives
To improve polio surveillance sensitivity through responsible AI in a decolonized approach using local capacity and local data focusing on empowering underserved groups.
Specific Objectives
1. Artificial intelligence (AI) to collect acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) data at medical institutions in real time and recommend possible interventions while reporting findings to stakeholders.
2. Develop an AFP surveillance tool to improve the quality of polio surveillance and supervision
3. Speed up polio detection, thereby avoiding the need for frequent visits by public health officers to health institutions.
4. To promote gender mainstreaming and advance equality by presenting sex-segregated data analysis .
5. To develop a responsible AI polio surveillance tool that enables community participation and promotes ownership.
6. To create a surveillance method that addresses issues of inaccessibility in neglected, remote, and challenging communities and geographies.
7. Enabling tangible knowledge transfer and creation in a decolonized approach and targeting underserved bodies.