DAR ES SALAAM, March 28 -- AS the world marked World Tuberculosis Day, a quiet but potentially transformative innovation was set in motion across Tanzania and that is one that listens, quite literally, to the sound of illness.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Africa at Aga Khan University has launched an ambitious research initiative that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the detection and management of respiratory diseases.

The project, aptly named the Kikohozi Classifier “kikohozi” meaning cough in Swahili aims to bring sharper diagnostic precision to conditions that have long burdened the countrys healthcare system. If machines can now recognise your face, your voice, and even your questionable mu...