# Sehat Saathi β AI-Driven Public Health Chatbot for Disease Awareness & Alerts
Sehat Saathi is an AI-powered multilingual health assistant designed for rural and semi-urban communities.
It provides health awareness, vaccination reminders, and real-time disease outbreak alerts through WhatsApp, SMS, IVR, and web interfaces.
This project was built as part of Smart India Hackathon 2025 by Team ByteBandits25.
It aims to support equitable healthcare access, fight misinformation, and help governments with real-time health analytics.
π Key Features
π Multilingual & Culture-Aware
Supports 8+ Indian languages with regional terms
Understands spelling mistakes + mixed-language queries
π€ AI & NLP Powered
Handles symptoms, FAQs, and health queries
Personalized nudges, reminders & prevention tips
π’ Real-Time Disease Alerts
Sends geo-targeted outbreak alerts
Integrated with government health data
π± Multi-Channel Access
WhatsApp chatbot
SMS support
Voice & IVR for non-literate users
Web UI
π Real-Time Analytics Dashboard
Monitor health trends & outbreak clusters
Govt-ready dashboards for decision-making
π Secure & Scalable
Cloud-ready architecture
Privacy-compliant user data handling
πΆ Offline/Low-Bandwidth Support
Caching & lightweight fallback mode
π§ Problem Statement
PS ID: 25049
Title: AI-Driven Public Health Chatbot for Disease Awareness
Theme: MedTech / HealthTech
Sehat Saathi addresses the gap in accessible healthcare information for rural India through a multilingual, intelligent, always-available virtual health assistant.
π§ͺ Technical Overview
π Tech Stack
Frontend: React / HTML / CSS
Backend: Node.js / Express
AI/NLP: LLM-based query understanding
Database: MongoDB / PostgreSQL
Integrations: Govt. health APIs, SMS gateway, WhatsApp Cloud API
Analytics: Custom dashboards & data pipelines
π‘ Workflow Summary
User sends a query (WhatsApp/SMS/IVR/Web)
NLP engine processes symptoms/questions
Retrieves verified health info / disease guidance
Sends personalized remi β¦