Jacaranda Health has announced the culmination of a six month Google.org fellowship program aimed at transforming the potential of Generative AI (Gen AI ) to support underserved mothers and babies in Kenya.
In a statement, the company noted that between April and September, seven Google.org technical experts joined its Nairobi-based team to improve the personalization and scale potential of its digital health service, PROMPTS.
Deployed within public health systems, the platform uses GenAI to empower new and expecting mothers via SMS to own their healthcare journeys and seek and connect with the best care.
Jacaranda Health said the collaboration has helped to transform the personalization of how PROMPTS AI interacts with mothers at scale.
“This includes personalising responses around a user’s unique clinical and demographic profile, and enhancing the accuracy of Jacaranda’s Swahili-speaking Large Language Model (LLM) to rapidly respond to mothers at scale,” the company said.
“Jacaranda will be rolling out these personalization features on PROMPTS over the coming months.”
During a visit to Makueni County health facilities by the Google and Jacaranda Health teams, Makueni County Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr said that as the postpartum haemorrhage champion for the county, he understands the challenges in serving the community.
He further said that Makueni county has a wide coverage of 8,300 km2 and has significantly high mobile phone penetration.
“Our strength lies in leveraging this mobile technology to tackle these maternal health issues, and I fully support the adoption of AI to help us advance our healthcare support,” Kilonzo Jr said.
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