Leveraging AI to Address Disease Management Knowledge Gaps Among Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Kenya

Dennis Maorwe of DPE Company Limited in Kenya will develop a Large Language Model (LLM) to support the planning and execution of behavior change interventions to improve health outcomes for Kenyans living with SCD. Guided by insights from SCD patients and medical specialists, they will train an LLM with SCD management practices and additional open data relevant to designing interventions for social behavior change for SCD. The LLM will be used to generate tailored health messages to support SCD patients through the different disease management stages and to empower them to take an active role in their health. This will help reduce the stigma around the disease and improve their quality of life.