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Alex Mirugwe

Department of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Publications
  • Review Article   
    Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Ugandan Health Sector: A Review of Literature
    Author(s): Alex Mirugwe*

    This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on the application of artificial intelligence techniques in Ugandan healthcare and the medical industry. Recently, the data generated in the health domain has exceeded the human cognitive capacity to analyze it effectively. Several approaches have been suggested to address this problem but in several studies, artificial intelligence has been found to be the best and the most effective solution as far as speed, accuracy, robustness, and reliability are concerned. We searched AI health related peer-reviewed articles in science direct, springer, PubMed, arXiv, IEEE Xplore, medRxiv, PLOS, Wiley online library, biomed central, biorxiv, and scopus published between 2012 and 2022. This literature survey covered 38 research papers, and the review showed that the most applied AI subfields are statistical learning, machine learning, and deep.. View More»

    DOI: 10.21767/2049-5471.21.3.022

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