Earlier today, Dr. Aminah Zawedde the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT&NG officiated at the launch Makerere AI Health Lab.

Dr Rose Nakasi Kiire from the DS-I Malaria project giving the keynote talk titled "AI in Health: A Case for Automated Mobile Microscopy" at the Data Science Africa - DSA Workshop in Nyeri, Kenya. #DSIAfrica #NIH

Francis Agamah from the DS-I Africa Coordinating Center speaking on "DS-I Africa Consortium: Harnessing the power of partnerships for data science in Africa" at the Data Science Africa - DSA Workshop in Nyeri, Kenya. #DSIAfrica #NIH

Huge shoutout to these amazing people, organisations and institutions for making this possible! Their support was instrumental in bringing the Makerere AI Health Lab to life. 🧵

Hon Aminah Zawedde Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT&NG for her commitment to ensuring AI-powered innovations have an enabling environment to thrive through the ministry's Digital Transformation Roadmap. She commended the lab for developing home-grown contextually-tailored solns.

Professor Prof. Edward Bbaale, representing the Makerere University Vice Chancellor, emphasized the Lab's role as a hub for interdisciplinary research and development. Convening experts in health, computer science, and machine learning, the Lab will explore new frontiers in healthcare.

Rose Nakasi Kiire our project lead presented Ocular's AI-powered decision support tool to assist lab technicians in low resourced health facilities to diagnose malaria, TB and cervical cancer at this year's #DSA2024Nyeri #AIforGlobalGoals

During the inaugural day of the Data Science Africa Workshop, participants engaged in sessions featuring presentations by esteemed researchers and scholars. Data Science Africa - DSA #MachineLearning #DataScience #ClimateChange #HealthcareInnovation #HumanWildlifeConflict #PredictiveModeling

Dina Machuve 🇹🇿 opens Day 2 of #DSA2024Nyeri with a keynote on Chicken Diseases Diagnostics at Farm Level From #DevDataAnalytics and #DSA

Our team hit the road this week, visiting hospitals & health centers nationwide. Why? ✅Showcasing Ocular's mobile microscopy as a decision-support tool for rural lab technicians. ✅Collecting data on malaria parasites to enhance our diagnostic model. #AIforGlobalGoals

Our Project Lead, Rose Nakasi Kiire represented at UNFPA's #ICPD30. "Shaping equitable future for all” was a key theme, with yesterday's session on diagnostics, development & treatment aligning perfectly with our mobile microscopy work. #AIForGlobalGoals

Meet Dr. Rose Nakasi, an AI researcher in #healthcare. Her research intersects #computervision & #machinelearning, applying these for automated microscopic diagnosis & spatial modeling of diseases in low-resourced countries. More; wordsthatcount.org/ai-in-health-r… #WomenInAI #africanwomen

🌍 Be sure to Join us at #DSAU in Fort Portal as Dr. Rose Nakasi will take the stage for a keynote on "Advancing AI for Health in Africa." Don't miss out on this game-changing discussion! #DSAU #AIinHealth #DSAU2024FortPortal

Hackathon Alert🚨 In collaboration with Zindi & Lacuna Fund we bring you the Lacuna Malaria Detection Challenge! Can you develop a model that can accurately identify and classify malaria parasites in blood slide images? 🔗-zindi.africa/competitions/l…

Don't miss our lab lead, Rose Nakasi Kiire, at #HIC2024 She will be alongside a panel of experts discussing AI, blockchain & healthcare tech. Pass by our booth & see how our AI-powered decision support tools help healthcare workers. #AIforGlobalGoals

We have FIVE new #machinelearning datasets out today! These datasets represent three of our domains: #agriculture, #language, and #health. lacunafund.org/five-new-machi… #OurVoiceinData #fillingdatagaps #AI #ML

Great to connect with the Google.org community at their inaugural impact summit. A year of growth for 新見　浩司 project under Google.org's AI for Global Goals initiative. Excited to be part of this ecosystem, developing responsible AI solutions that make a difference.

Register for the Lacuna Fund Malaria Detection Challenge webinar! Join Jennifer Pratt Miles, Meridian Institute & Nakasi Rose, Makerere University, for an intro, starter notebook walkthrough and Q&A. 26 September, 5pm GMT. RSVP👉lu.ma/mc6mqojy