Arunachal Pradesh Rolls Out "Shishu Mapan" AI App to Measure Newborns at Home
Built with Wadhwani AI, the app lets ASHA workers estimate a baby's weight, length and head size from a short video.
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Built with Wadhwani AI, the app lets ASHA workers estimate a baby's weight, length and head size from a short video.
India's national telemedicine service now handles 2.5–3 lakh consultations a day in 15 languages; 57% of users are women.
Now in trials, the system reads digital mammograms and is being extended to 3D tomosynthesis and live ultrasound — with dense breast tissue in younger Indian women in mind.
The minister said 10,000 Indians have been genome-sequenced so far and spoke of newborn sequencing and tele-robotic care as future goals.
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