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Topic: AI-Driven Disease Surveillance and Early Outbreak Detection
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This Week on SHINE: Global Nutrition & Health Updates 🌍
This week, the @who announced a major step toward improving access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines, with a new call for manufacturers to submit priority childhood cancer medicines for evaluation.
With an estimated 400,000 children and adolescents developing cancer every year, and nearly 90% living in low- and middle-income countries, improving access to appropriate medicines remains a critical global health priority.
This is the kind of global health development SHINE brings together.
Launched in 2021, SHINE is a global platform for Nutrition Informatics, connecting nutrition, information, and technology to support evidence-based practice, research, programs, and policies.
📌 Every week, SHINE brings you:
- Global health & nutrition happenings
- Emerging evidence and research
- Policy & practice updates
- Innovations and success stories
Stay informed. Stay connected. Stay ahead with SHINE.
Visit our website to know more: https://nutritioninformatics.info/
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Sep 17
AI-Driven Disease Surveillance & Early Outbreak Detection
Disease outbreaks often begin with scattered warning signs across hospitals, laboratories, news, social media, environmental data, and more. AI can help connect these signals, using machine learning and natural language processing to identify unusual patterns and strengthen early warning systems.
Initiatives such as WHO’s Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) demonstrate how technology can support near-real-time monitoring of public health threats.
AI can combine epidemiological data, web reports, climate patterns, wastewater surveillance, and mobility data to strengthen outbreak detection. But AI is not a replacement for epidemiologists- it is a partner. Data quality, reporting gaps, algorithmic bias, infrastructure limitations, and privacy concerns make human verification essential before AI-generated signals inform action.
This discussion is open on COPHI (Community of Population Health Informatics), a discussion forum anchored in the SMAART framework and envisioned by @ashish_joshi_phd.
Share your views:
1. How can AI be integrated into disease surveillance without compromising accuracy or trust?
2. What role should human oversight play in verifying AI-generated outbreak signals?
3. What challenges- data quality, bias, infrastructure, or others- must be addressed, especially in resource-limited settings?
Share your experiences, perspectives, and evidence-informed ideas on strengthening outbreak preparedness through responsible AI use.
Join the discussion now: https://smaartlab.org/discussion-board/public-health-interventions-ai-in-public-health/ai-driven-disease-surveillance-and-early-outbreak-detection/
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Sep 17
Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society (FHTS), University of Memphis School of Public Health, and Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, under a joint collaborative initiative, are bringing the Model of Public Health Education to High Schools by using the Public Health in Action curriculum and establishing public health clubs across 50 high schools in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. This first-of-its-kind initiative is engaging more than 1,500 students as public health ambassadors across all 12 blocks of Kolhapur.
Building on the previous modules, the fifth curriculum session, focused on the role of data, information, and knowledge in public health, was delivered across 41 schools in Kolhapur. The session was conducted by Dr. Rashmi Nirhale, Public Health Outreach Specialist at FHTS, entirely in Marathi, helping students understand how data moves from raw numbers to meaningful information and, ultimately, actionable knowledge in public health decision-making.
The initiative furthers the goals of the National Education Policy 2020 and reflects how public health in action can support the Maharashtra state government`s `My Village Healthy Village` initiative, working to address adolescent health challenges such as unhealthy eating, environmental pollution, physical inactivity, emotional well-being, mental health, and social media and mobile addiction.
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Sep 14
🌍 We’re Hiring! IMMEDIATE JOINING
📍 Location: Delhi
📝 Position: Communications Assistant (69529)
📩 How to Apply
Interested candidates may apply through the FHTS website:
https://career.fhts.ac.in/jobs/communications-assistant-69529/
FHTS CREATES Social, Economic and Health Impact through Community engagement, Research-based interventions, Entrepreneurship and innovation, Academic excellence, Technology-based solutions, Employment creation and readiness, and student-centeredness. It is a platform committed to promoting health and well-being for all. Guided by compassion, integrity, and equity, it empowers individuals to grow, contribute meaningfully, and create a positive impact, reaching and improving lives every day- Dr. Ashish Joshi, PhD,MBBS,MPH (Founder FHTS and SMAART Lab & Dean and Distinguished University Professor, School of Public Health, University of Memphis)
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Sep 12
