AI for Epidemic Preparedness: Innovations and Insights from the Global South
暫譯: AI 為疫情防備帶來的創新與洞見：來自全球南方的觀點

El Morr, Christo, Saab, Antoine, Salem Sokhn, Elie

AI for Epidemic Preparedness: Innovations and Insights from the Global South

商品描述

This book examines how artificial intelligence is being used for epidemic preparedness in the lived realities of the Global South--where infrastructure gaps, fragmented data systems, and unequal governance shape what "innovation" can actually do. Moving beyond algorithmic hype, the chapters analyze real deployments and prototypes in resource-constrained settings, spanning deep learning for peripheral blood smear analysis, AI-enabled tuberculosis screening, and predictive models for outbreak surveillance and operational planning. Across these cases, the volume shows how technical performance is inseparable from questions of implementation: data quality, interpretability, workforce capacity, interoperability, and public trust.

Preparedness, the book argues, is not merely a computational challenge but a social and political project. Contributors challenge AI-as-neutral-fix narratives by foregrounding equity, accountability, and the colonial legacies embedded in data extraction and model transfer. The volume advances practical frameworks for ethical governance, data sovereignty, and decolonizing AI--emphasizing participatory design, context adaptation, and epistemic pluralism. Bringing together empirical case studies from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, it offers researchers, practitioners, and policymakers grounded pathways for building epidemic readiness that is effective, locally legitimate, and just.

book explores innovative applications of AI for epidemic preparedness and response in the Global South. Drawing from real-world projects, it addresses the practical, ethical, and technical challenges of deploying AI technologies for public health emergencies in diverse contexts such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書探討人工智慧如何應用於全球南方的疫情防備，並聚焦於當地的真實生活情境：基礎設施缺口、分散的資料系統，以及不平等的治理結構，共同形塑了「創新」實際能發揮的作用。各章超越對演算法的過度吹捧，分析資源受限環境中的實際部署與原型系統，涵蓋應用於周邊血液塗片分析的深度學習、AI 輔助的結核病篩檢，以及用於疫情監測與營運規劃的預測模型。透過這些案例，本書呈現技術效能如何與實作層面的問題密不可分，包括資料品質、可解釋性、人力能力、互通性，以及公眾信任。

本書主張，防備工作不只是計算上的挑戰，更是一項社會與政治計畫。作者群透過凸顯公平、問責，以及資料擷取與模型移轉中所嵌入的殖民遺緒，挑戰將 AI 視為中立解方的論述。本書提出有關倫理治理、資料主權與 AI 去殖民化的實務框架，並強調參與式設計、情境調適與知識論多元主義。全書彙集來自非洲、亞洲與中東的實證案例研究，為研究人員、實務工作者與政策制定者提供具體可行的路徑，協助建立有效、獲得在地正當性且公正的疫情應變準備能力。

本書探討 AI 在全球南方疫情防備與應變工作中的創新應用。全書取材自真實世界的專案，探討在非洲、亞洲、拉丁美洲與中東等多元情境中，部署 AI 技術以因應公共衛生緊急事件時所面臨的實務、倫理與技術挑戰。

作者簡介

Christo El Morr, PhD, is Professor of Health Informatics and Director of the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto. His Equity Informatics research spans equity AI, patient-centered virtual care, mental health, global health promotion, and disability rights monitoring. He is also a theologian, poet and a novelist.

Antoine Saab, MEng, PhD, is the Quality and Safety Manager at Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-UMC, Beirut, Lebanon and an Associate Researcher in Health Informatics at LIMICS Laboratory, Sorbonne University, France. His research interests include design and evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Systems for patient safety, clinical risk management and infection control.

Elie Salem-Sokhn, PhD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, and Head of the Microbiology and Molecular Biology Departments at the Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. His research interests include antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative organisms and detection of antibiotic resistance genes by PCR.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Christo El Morr 博士是 Toronto York University 的健康資訊學教授，以及 Feminist Research Centre 主任。他的公平性資訊學（Equity Informatics）研究涵蓋公平性 AI、以病人為中心的虛擬照護、心理健康、全球健康促進，以及身心障礙者權利監測。他同時也是神學家、詩人與小說家。

Antoine Saab 工程碩士、博士是黎巴嫩 Beirut 的 Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-UMC 品質與安全經理，也是法國 Sorbonne University LIMICS Laboratory 的健康資訊學副研究員。他的研究興趣包括以病人安全為核心的臨床決策支援系統設計與評估、臨床風險管理，以及感染控制。

Elie Salem-Sokhn 博士是黎巴嫩 Beirut Arab University 的臨床微生物學副教授，也是黎巴嫩 Beirut 的 Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-University Medical Center 微生物學與分子生物學部門主任。他的研究興趣包括革蘭氏陰性菌的抗生素抗藥性，以及透過 PCR 偵測抗生素抗藥性基因。

類似商品