Transformative potential of artificial intelligence on health care and research in Africa

• Moses J. Bockarie,
• Rashid Ansumana,
• Shingai Grace Machingaidze,
• Dziedzom K. de Souza,
• Patrick Fatoma,
• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Shui-Shan Lee

Affiliations

Moses J. Bockarie

College of Medical Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone; International Society for Infectious Diseases, Brookline, MA, USA; Corresponding author:

Rashid Ansumana

College of Medical Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone; School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Shingai Grace Machingaidze

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dziedzom K. de Souza

Department of Parasitology and Department of Clinical Pathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Patrick Fatoma

College of Medical Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone

Alimuddin Zumla

Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Shui-Shan Lee

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Brookline, MA, USA; S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong