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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Getting to scale: Responsible AI systems to improve maternal and newborn health in Africa</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle : des syst&#xe8;mes d&#x2019;intelligence artificielle responsables pour am&#xe9;liorer la sant&#xe9; des m&#xe8;res et des nouveau-n&#xe9;s en Afrique</narrative>
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   <narrative xml:lang="EN">Although the value of scaling up AI-enabled solutions to improve health outcomes is recognized widely, there are few documented examples of successful scaling trajectories in the Global South, and even fewer in the public sector. 

Jacaranda Health is a Kenyan non-profit organization, whose vision is that all mothers have a safe and respected pregnancy journey. Its platform, PROMPTS (PROmoting Mothers during Pregnancy Through SMS), uses AI and other digital technology to empower mothers to seek care at the right time and place, and build agency when choosing how to connect themselves to care providers and related services.&#x202f; Beginning in 2016 with three public health facilities in a single Kenyan county, the platform has since grown to serve nearly 3 million women across thousands of public health facilities.&#x202f;In addition to the widespread adoption and use in Kenya, the platform has since expanded its tailored implementation to other countries.

This project will systematically document and analyze that scaling journey in Kenya. It will also conduct research on two live scaling journeys currently underway in Tanzania and Ghana. Ongoing scaling efforts are expected to reach an additional 2 million women in all three countries. 

By capturing the experiences in Kenya, as well as mapping out different scaling conditions and pathways in two other countries, and at different stages of implementation, the results from this project will fill an important void for governments, researchers and health decision-makers as to how to design and evaluate the use of responsible AI solutions to improve maternal health outcomes at scale. This will shift the focus away from isolated pilot projects to integrated system-wide efforts that are sustainable. Outputs include operational and policy briefs, tailored roadmaps, case study reports, toolkits, peer-reviewed articles and human-interest stories.

This project is a part of the Artificial Intelligence for Development program, a partnership between IDRC and the United Kingdom&#x2019;s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It aims to support policy, innovations and expanded leadership to spur safe and responsible AI in Africa. The vision is to support an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem that improves quality of life in Africa and beyond.</narrative>
   <narrative xml:lang="FR">Bien que l&#x2019;utilit&#xe9; de la mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle des solutions bas&#xe9;es sur l&#x2019;intelligence artificielle (IA) pour am&#xe9;liorer les r&#xe9;sultats en mati&#xe8;re de sant&#xe9; soit largement reconnue, il existe peu d&#x2019;exemples document&#xe9;s de trajectoires de mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle r&#xe9;ussies dans les pays du Sud, et encore moins dans le secteur public. 

Jacaranda Health est un organisme kenyan &#xe0; but non lucratif dont la vision est que toutes les m&#xe8;res aient un parcours de grossesse s&#xfb;r et respect&#xe9;. Sa plateforme, PROMPTS (PROmoting Mothers during Pregnancy Through SMS), utilise l&#x2019;IA et d&#x2019;autres technologies num&#xe9;riques pour permettre aux m&#xe8;res de demander des soins au bon moment et au bon endroit, et de renforcer l&#x2019;autonomie lorsqu&#x2019;elles choisissent comment se connecter aux fournisseurs de soins et aux services connexes.&#x202f;D&#xe9;butant en 2016 avec trois &#xe9;tablissements de sant&#xe9; publique dans un seul comt&#xe9; kenyan, la plateforme s&#x2019;est depuis d&#xe9;velopp&#xe9;e pour servir pr&#xe8;s de 3 millions de femmes dans des milliers d&#x2019;&#xe9;tablissements de sant&#xe9; publique. 

Ce projet documentera et analysera syst&#xe9;matiquement ce parcours de mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle au Kenya. Il m&#xe8;nera &#xe9;galement des recherches sur deux parcours de mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle se d&#xe9;roulant actuellement en Tanzanie et au Ghana. Les efforts de mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle en cours devraient atteindre 2 millions de femmes suppl&#xe9;mentaires dans les trois pays. 

En saisissant les exp&#xe9;riences au Kenya, ainsi qu&#x2019;en d&#xe9;terminant diff&#xe9;rentes conditions et voies de mise &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle dans deux autres pays, et &#xe0; diff&#xe9;rentes &#xe9;tapes de mise en &#x153;uvre, les r&#xe9;sultats de ce projet combleront un vide important pour les gouvernements, les chercheuses et chercheurs et les d&#xe9;cisionnaires en sant&#xe9; quant &#xe0; la fa&#xe7;on de concevoir et d&#x2019;&#xe9;valuer l&#x2019;utilisation de solutions d&#x2019;IA responsables pour am&#xe9;liorer les r&#xe9;sultats en mati&#xe8;re de sant&#xe9; maternelle &#xe0; grande &#xe9;chelle. Cela d&#xe9;tournera l&#x2019;attention des projets pilotes isol&#xe9;s vers des efforts int&#xe9;gr&#xe9;s &#xe0; l&#x2019;&#xe9;chelle du syst&#xe8;me qui sont durables. Les extrants comprennent des notes d&#x2019;information op&#xe9;rationnelles et strat&#xe9;giques, des feuilles de route adapt&#xe9;es, des rapports d&#x2019;&#xe9;tudes de cas, des trousses d&#x2019;outils, des articles &#xe9;valu&#xe9;s par des pairs et des histoires d&#x2019;int&#xe9;r&#xea;t humain.

Ce projet fait partie du programme Intelligence artificielle pour le d&#xe9;veloppement, un partenariat de cinq ans entre le CRDI et le Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office du Royaume-Uni.</narrative>
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