Natural Language Processing Technologies for Public Health in Africa: Scoping Review.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
PMID: 40053738

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Natural language processing (NLP) has the potential to promote public health. However, applying these technologies in African health systems faces challenges, including limited digital and computational resources to support the continent's diverse languages and needs.

Authors

  • Songbo Hu
    Language Technology Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Abigail Oppong
    Language Technology Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Ebele Mogo
    Cambridge Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Charlotte Collins
    Language Technology Laboratory, MMLL, University of Cambridge, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB39DB, UK.
  • Giulia Occhini
    Language Technology Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Anna Barford
    Language Technology Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Anna Korhonen
    Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, UK. alk23@cam.ac.uk.

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