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ArticleJournal of public health in Africa2025

Integrating artificial intelligence into African health systems and emergency response: Need for an ethical framework and guidelines.

Nicaise Ndembi, Bethanie Rammer, Joseph Fokam, Uttam Dinodia, Sofonias K Tessema, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Sarah Mwangi, Edem Adzogenu, Landry Tsague Dongmo, Bleddyn Rees and 6 more

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Article in Journal of public health in Africa, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Nicaise NdembiAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-3428
Bethanie RammerAfrican Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-4613
Joseph FokamAvacare Global Health, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1501-2763
Uttam DinodiaFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3680-1261
Sofonias K TessemaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-5310
Jean Philbert NsengimanaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8120-4838
Sarah MwangiAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-6417
Edem AdzogenuAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3606-5390
Landry Tsague DongmoAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6209-8282
Bleddyn ReesEuropean Connected Health Alliance, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0230-083X
Brian O'ConnorEuropean Connected Health Alliance, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-5982
Trevor A CrowellHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-265X
Wilmot JamesBrown University School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6721-713X
Vittorio ColizziUNESCO Board of Biotechnology and Bioethics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-8580
Ngashi NgongoAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-937X
Jean KaseyaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9326-1842

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40182750
PMCPMC11966719

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