#InTheSpotlight | Beyond the hype, what might AI actually mean for healthcare in SA?

Posted in: #InTheSpotlight, Focus, Healthcare system, InFocus, Latest, Special Investigations, Spotlight, TB

With varying degrees of success, artificial intelligence has begun to play the role of research assistant, radiologist, health educator, and even therapist. In this Spotlight special briefing, Jesse Copelyn tries to see past the hype and pin-points the most immediate implications of these new technologies for healthcare in South Africa.

#InTheSpotlight | Beyond the hype, what might AI actually mean for healthcare in SA?

Digital X-rays boosting TB diagnosis, assessment finds

Posted in: COVID-19, Latest, TB, TB

Many people with tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa are never diagnosed or are diagnosed only once their symptoms have become quite severe. One solution to diagnosing more people more quickly is the expanded use of new digital X-ray technology. Now, an independent assessment of digital X-ray pilot projects in six districts in South Africa sheds light on how well this intervention works in the real world. Tiyese Jeranji reports.