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Haqila

Jimma, Ethiopia

Case page states that Haqila was co-created with ministry officials, university researchers, NGOs, and community volunteers, then tested with 28 users.

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Project documentation

Overview

Region: Africa
Lead organization: BRN / AI disease surveillance partnership
Organization type: multi-stakeholder partnership
Technology group: conversational AI
Activity status: pilot
Start year: 2024
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026

Participation documentation

Participation mode: co-design with patients, clinicians, and frontline workers
Participants: community volunteers; Ministry of Health staff; NGO workers; local users
Methods: co-creation; field testing; user feedback; ministry collaboration
AI lifecycle stages: problem formulation; design; evaluation; deployment
Evidence summary: Case page states that Haqila was co-created with ministry officials, university researchers, NGOs, and community volunteers, then tested with 28 users.
Atlas assessment: Core · High confidence · evidence grade A
Uncertainty: Public evidence indicates that stakeholders directly shaped AI design, data, deployment, evaluation, or oversight; residual uncertainty concerns the exact degree of shared decision power rather than project existence.