Ethiopia

“Ethiopia introduced Delft’s mobile vans equipped with digital X-ray and CAD4TB and deployed to pastoralist communities in 4 regions to improve access to TB screening services. We found that this technology is very usable because: 1) highly sensitive screening tool is required not to miss TB cases including asymptomatic TB; 2) AI-powered CAD is very simple technology that address the gap in humanresource capacity and assists reading radiological findings; and 3) mobile vans can facilitate and assist patients to easily access services whenever needed, even by mobile communities. Moreover, the technologies help generating more evidence to address the capacity gaps in health systems, human resource, infrastructure and cost as well as effectiveness in the local context. We continue advocating these technologies to increase TB case finding and quality of service while filling the gaps in infrastructure and human resource.”

“Preliminary findings (study from CUAMM Ethiopia) show that BabyChecker initiative demonstrated a high practical user-friendly and adoptable solution for improving ultrasound screening in rural areas. The implementation also showed that BabyChecker can play a vital role in early identification of pregnancy-related risks, facilitating prompt referrals and timely intervention and maybe contribute to improve antenatal compliance.”