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Africa’s healthcare blind spot: Data you can’t see is care you can’t give
AI can strengthen disease surveillance, predict medicine demand, improve supply chains and detect suspicious claims. However, AI is only as good as the data behind it.
Healthcare leadership in Africa faces a defining test: whether the data already generated across hospitals, insurers, laboratories, pharmacies and public health programmes can be turned into better decisions for patients.
Every consultation, claim, prescription and referral tells part of the healthcare story, but too often that information remains trapped in separate systems. When leaders cannot see the full picture, resources are wasted, accountability weakens and patient care suffers.
