ayele705/AI-Health-Assistant-Ethiopia

# AI-Based Health Assistant for Rural Ethiopia > An AI-powered conversational health assistant designed to improve healthcare access for rural communities in Ethiopia — supporting English, Amharic, Oromo & Tigrinya, with offline PWA support and USSD access for feature phones. --- **Department:** Information Science **Institution:** University of Gondar **Course:** AI Course — Academic Year 2026 **Date:** May 2026 --- ## About the Project Ethiopia has fewer than **1 physician per 10,000 people** (WHO), and approximately **80% of the population** lives in rural areas with limited access to health facilities. This project addresses that gap by providing: - Symptom-based health guidance via keyword matching - Multi-turn conversational symptom interview (5-step) - Health education content in English, Amharic, Oromo & Tigrinya - Nearest health facility finder - Appointment scheduling - Emergency first aid guidance - Offline functionality (PWA service worker) - USSD support for feature phones (Africa's Talking) - Growth monitoring for children (WHO standards) - Vaccination tracking (Ethiopia EPI schedule) - Pregnancy follow-up & ANC visit tracking - HEW (Health Extension Worker) checklists - SMS reminders and alerts - Outbreak detection (threshold-based) - DHIS2 integration (simulated) - Mental health screening - Nutrition counseling (IYCF, micronutrients, therapeutic feeding) - Chronic disease management (BP, glucose tracking) - Supply chain / stock shortage reporting - Traditional medicine lookup & interaction checking - Translation (pre-built cache + Google Translate API) --- ## System Architecture ``` ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Presentation Tier │ │ React SPA (PWA) │ │ USSD / IVR (Africa's Talking) │ │ SMS Chat / Voice (Web Speech API) │ └──────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘ │ ┌──────────────────────▼──────────────── …