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ArticleReproductive health2024

Artificial intelligence and sexual reproductive health and rights: a technological leap towards achieving sustainable development goal target 3.7.

Fred Yao Gbagbo, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Sanni Yaya

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Article in Reproductive health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Using artificial intelligence as a technological tool in gynecologic and obstetric health: A narrative literature review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Fred Yao GbagboUniversity of Education, Winneba, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-6633
Edward Kwabena AmeyawInstitute of Policy Studies and School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6617-237X
Sanni YayaThe George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. sanni.yaya@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-6043

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Target 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims for universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services by 2030, including family planning services, information, education, and integration into national strategies. In contemporary times, reproductive medicine is progressively incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance sperm cell prediction and selection, in vitro fertilisation models, infertility and pregnancy screening. AI is being integrated into five core components of Sexual Reproductive Health, including improving care, providing high-quality contraception and infertility services, eliminating unsafe abortions, as well as facilitating the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Though AI can improve sexual reproductive health and rights by addressing disparities and enhancing service delivery, AI-facilitated components have ethical implications, based on existing human rights and international conventions. Heated debates persist in implementing AI, particularly in maternal health, as well as sexual, reproductive health as the discussion centers on a torn between human touch and machine-driven care. In spite of this and other challenges, AI's application in sexual, and reproductive health and rights is crucial, particularly for developing countries, especially those that are yet to explore the application of AI in healthcare. Action plans are needed to roll out AI use in these areas effectively, and capacity building for health workers is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals' Target 3.7. This commentary discusses innovations in sexual, and reproductive health and rights in meeting target 3.7 of the SDGs with a focus on artificial intelligence and highlights the need for a more circumspective approach in response to the ethical and human rights implications of using AI in providing sexual and reproductive health services.

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Artificial IntelligenceReproductive HealthReproductive RightsSexual HealthSustainable DevelopmentFemaleHuman RightsHumansReproductive Health ServicesArtificial intelligenceInnovationReproductive health and rightsSexualSustainable development goals

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PMID39716281
PMCPMC11667899

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