"Cost of identifying one person with active TB disease is almost halved when Genki is used," said Mohit Agarwal. Cost to find 1 person with TB disease without AI was INR 106,342 (US$ 1,250) whereas the cost to find one person with TB with Genki AI reduced to INR 58,607 (US$ 688).
"More importantly we see an impact on quality of life because through the use of Genki, we are able to find patients who are sub-clinical or those who have no symptoms yet. So impact of medication is better and so is the impact on quality of life," added Mohit.
"One of the key learnings is that when the same AI product is used in different cohorts (for example, different X-Ray machines, age groups, ethnicities, genders or other such parameters) we have slightly different accuracies. For example, in different districts of Tamil Nadu we saw different accuracies of AI, however overall efficacy numbers (sensitivity and specificity numbers) remained fairly high around 92%," he said.
Responsible AI
"Responsible AI is one of the key innovations we have brought in, where while using this platform, we automatically compare the AI outcome with sputum results and radiology reviews. And we help you identify what is the efficacy of AI at your given setting and help you tune the AI to your specific setting," shared Mohit Agarwal.
With increasing deployment of AI enabled X-Rays and molecular tests in low- and middle-income countries, globally we were never so prepared ever before - for multi-disease point-of-care screening with AI and multi-disease point-of-care molecular testing using the same diagnostic infrastructure in the Global South. Let us hope all governments follow the science and evidence and help serve the underserved with equity and rights.
Shobha Shukla - CNS (Citizen News Service)
(Shobha Shukla is a feminist, health and development justice advocate, and an award-winning founding Managing Editor and Executive Director of CNS. She was also the Lead Discussant for SDG-3 at United Nations inter-governmental High Level Political Forum 2025. She is a former senior Physics faculty of prestigious Loreto Convent College; current President of Asia Pacific Regional Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media); Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA received the inter-ministerial AMR One Health Emerging Leaders and Outstanding Talents Award 2024); and Host of SHE & Rights (Sexual Health with Equity & Rights). Follow her on Twitter/X @shobha1shukla or read her writings here www.bit.ly/ShobhaShukla)
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