Sweta-mish/sehath-saathi

# Sehat Saathi — 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. 🚀 Key Features 🌐 Multilingual & Culture-Aware Supports 8+ Indian languages with regional terms Understands spelling mistakes + mixed-language queries 🤖 AI & NLP Powered Handles symptoms, FAQs, and health queries Personalized nudges, reminders & prevention tips 📢 Real-Time Disease Alerts Sends geo-targeted outbreak alerts Integrated with government health data 📱 Multi-Channel Access WhatsApp chatbot SMS support Voice & IVR for non-literate users Web UI 📊 Real-Time Analytics Dashboard Monitor health trends & outbreak clusters Govt-ready dashboards for decision-making 🔒 Secure & Scalable Cloud-ready architecture Privacy-compliant user data handling 📶 Offline/Low-Bandwidth Support Caching & lightweight fallback mode 🧭 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. 🧪 Technical Overview 🛠 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 📡 Workflow Summary User sends a query (WhatsApp/SMS/IVR/Web) NLP engine processes symptoms/questions Retrieves verified health info / disease guidance Sends personalized remi …