Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: technical brief

Overview

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the capability of algorithms integrated into systems and tools to learn from data so that they can perform automated tasks without explicit programming of every step by a human. This technical brief offers insight into the rapidly evolving AI for health landscape and how it might be utilized in Traditional Medicine (TM). Regional and global examples are presented to show how AI is currently being used in TM to support evidence-informed decision-making and policy-making to improve health systems and universal health coverage (UHC). The document was developed by leveraging the findings of a literature review and supplementing this with knowledge and inputs captured during the conceptualization process with experts from the Topic Group on AI and Traditional Medicine (TG-TM) under the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H).