Makerere AI Health Lab

We have been glad to engage with key institutional partners who share our vision of leveraging AI to strengthen malaria diagnosis and improve diagnostic workflows.

Through our engagements with the @FightingMalaria , we continue to explore opportunities for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and alignment with existing health systems.

This partnership is essential to ensuring that AI solutions such as @Ocular_Project are not only technically effective but also practical, responsive to the needs of frontline health workers, and relevant to the realities of diagnostic settings.
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Uganda Innovation Week 2026 has arrived, and we are pleased to showcase the potential of artificial intelligence in advancing healthcare across Africa.

We invite you to join us at #UIW2026, supported through our partnership with @EnabelinUganda and funding from the @BelgiumRBX , to explore our work on AI-assisted diagnostics for malaria, tuberculosis, and cervical cancer. These efforts are designed to support overstretched laboratory teams and address critical diagnostic gaps.

We look forward to having you meet our researchers, view live demonstrations, and discuss how locally developed AI solutions can strengthen patient care throughout Uganda.
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Pathologists at @lacor_hospital, @MustMedFaculty & @SorotiUniversi1 hosted our live demo of Ocular Tool, our automated microscopy project.

This demonstration provided a valuable opportunity to observe how the tool integrates into daily laboratory practice, as technology is most effective when it addresses the practical realities of its users.

The feedback provided by these pathologists and laboratory professionals is essential to our ongoing development of Ocular Tool, ensuring that we create solutions that are practical, accessible, and responsive to the needs of laboratory teams.

We sincerely thank these teams for their time, openness, and insightful feedback.

Watch below 👇 youtu.be/03pmV91BUpo
For more details visit: ocular-project.com
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Our Lab Lead, Dr. @RoseNakasikiire , will be speaking at the second @healthai_agency Forum by HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health. As we work to scale responsible AI for health, this forum offers a critical opportunity to bridge the gap between trust and implementation.

Dr. @RoseNakasikiire session, “What Makes Scale Possible? Responsible AI Innovation in Practice,” will explore what it takes to translate responsible AI innovation into practice, with equity, inclusion and accountability at the centre. We look forward to the conversations on how AI governance can support the responsible development and deployment of AI in health.

Find out more:
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The @Ocular_Project team conducted field visits to three healthcare facilities in Western Uganda to demonstrate our Tuberculosis diagnostic tool, specifically addressing the question "Is our solution effectively optimized for its intended end-users?"

Our team visited Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Ruhoko Health Centre IV, and Kagadi to engage with clinicians, observe existing workflows, and evaluate the practical requirements for successful tool integration.

Learn more at:
ocular-project.com
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