Equity by design in artificial intelligence for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries
Abstract
Primary health care is the initial point of contact for most people seeking care. Clinicians need to make rapid decisions on undifferentiated symptoms while delivering prevention and chronic care, often with scarce diagnostics, little supervision, and high cognitive load. In many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), three constraints reinforce one another: scarcity of workforce and resources, quality gaps, and data systems that rarely return value to the point of care.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Global Health and Surgery
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Lancet Primary Care
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 100135–100135
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN