AI and Community Health Workers

August 31, 2024, Paper: "Physicians are scarce in most low and middle-income countries [LMICs]. In the member countries of the European Union, the number of doctors per 10,000 inhabitants ranges from 33 to 55.2 In the U.S., the number is 36. By contrast, in both India and the Philippines, the number is 7. The situation in Africa is even more dire. In most countries on the continent, the number is less than 3. In several, it is less than 1.3 Until this extreme shortage is corrected, much of the burden of providing basic health care in LMICs will continue to be borne by community health workers (CHWs). Roughly speaking, these are lay health workers who.."