Contribution to Improving the Health of the Populations of Saint-Louis Through Modeling and Monitoring of Cardiovascular Risk at Family Level

Philippe Manyacka Ma Nyemb of Gaston Berger University in Senegal will develop AI-based approaches to better monitor and manage cardiovascular diseases and understand their risk factors. They will perform a household-level study in the Saint-Louis Region of Senegal with monthly data collection, including medical examinations, behavioral surveys, and physical environment assessments. The monthly monitoring data will be analyzed by AI-based approaches, yielding cardiovascular disease risk scores for household members. They will use the study data and risk scores to train a Large Language Model with a chatbot interface available to healthcare professionals and the public. The chatbot and data collection process will serve as an integrated platform to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases. It will increase awareness of the disease and its risk factors for the public, and it will help increase adoption and effective use of digital tools more broadly to improve health.