AIMC Topic: Africa South of the Sahara

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Identifying Factors Associated with Neonatal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa using Machine Learning.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
This study aimed at identifying the factors associated with neonatal mortality. We analyzed the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets from 10 Sub-Saharan countries. For each survey, we trained machine learning models to identify women who had ...

Machine learning models for predicting the use of different animal breeding services in smallholder dairy farms in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Tropical animal health and production
This study is concerned with developing predictive models using machine learning techniques to be used in identifying factors that influence farmers' decisions, predict farmers' decisions, and forecast farmers' demands relating to breeding service. T...

Application of machine learning algorithms to model predictors of informed contraceptive choice among reproductive age women in six high fertility rate sub Sahara Africa countries.

BMC public health
INTRODUCTION: Informed contraceptive choice is declared when a woman selects a methods of contraceptive after receiving comprehensive information on available alternatives, side effects, and management if adverse effect happens. Access to contracepti...

Cervical cancer screening uptake and its associated factor in Sub-Sharan Africa: a machine learning approach.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer, which includes squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is preventable through early screening, but i...