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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>A programme using artificial intelligence to test inmates in a high security Mozambican jail for tuberculosis has spawned hope that the new tech can help eradicate the disease.<\/p>\n

Teeming prisons are a hotbed of TB, the world\u2019s second deadliest communicable disease after Covid, according to the World Health Organization. Mozambique, a country of 32 million people, recorded about 120,000 infections last year.<\/p>\n

Caused by a bacteria that most often affects the lungs, it infected more than 10 million people in 2022 and killed 1.3 million, according to WHO.<\/p>\n

Almost one in four infections last year occurred in Africa.<\/p>\n

In the sprawling courtyard of the maximum security jail in the Mozambican capital Maputo, an inmate in an orange T-shirt stood before a tripod with a wide white tablet.<\/p>\n

Behind him, a doctor scoured a two-piece portable X-ray machine connected to an AI programme that has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against tuberculosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt processes it in real time, we have the results in less than five minutes,\u201d the doctor said.<\/p>\n

The image popped on the computer of a technician sitting at a table outside a medical tent a few metres away, along with a diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cRadiological signs suggestive of tuberculosis \u2014 negative,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n

The programme is part of a large test run of the technology to scan all inmates at three prisons in Maputo. It is being conducted by a local non-profit organisation supported by the Stop TB Partnership, a UN-backed entity.<\/p>\n

Early diagnosis is key to save lives and tackle the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

While a chronic cough is a hallmark of infection, people can also carry TB without showing symptoms. Prisons are a perfect breeding ground due to crammed cells and airborne transmission.<\/p>\n

Traditional spit, skin or blood tests for TB involves visits to a lab and the results can take up to three days. The quickest time for reliable results is 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\u2018Great leap in technology\u2019<\/p>\n

The combination of AI and portable X-ray machines is faster and eliminates the need for visits to clinics and radiologists, who can be scarce in poor rural areas, said Stop TB\u2019s deputy head Suvanand Sahu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great leap in technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At the Maputo Provincial Penitentiary, prisoners testing positive are placed in isolation, locked in a quarantine room behind a rusty metal door.<\/p>\n

Inside, about a dozen inmates wearing face masks sit on mattresses thrown on the ground. Clothing, blankets and other belongings hang from a line strung between two discoloured blue pillars.<\/p>\n

Serious cases are taken to a medical ward.<\/p>\n

Mozambique\u2019s jails were about 50 percent over capacity in 2022, according to the UN.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to see your friends playing and walking there but you have to accept that I am sick,\u201d Kennet Fortune, an inmate who has spent 10 year behind bars for drug-related offences, said pointing at the trees in the prison yard.<\/p>\n

He is currently undergoing treatment and the process can take months. \u201cWhen the time comes, I\u2019ll be out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A WHO report this month found that global deaths from tuberculosis dipped in 2022, showing progress towards eradicating the disease.<\/p>\n

The UN health agency said 7.5 million people were diagnosed with TB in 2022 \u2014 the highest figure since it began monitoring in 1995.<\/p>\n

Sahu of Stop TB said he was hoping that the success of pilot programmes could help get funding to scale up the use of AI in diagnosing tuberculosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly a few years ago, if I was to say in a meeting that we can bring X-rays to all communities and have them read by a artificial intelligence with no need for radiologists, they would have kicked me out of the room and told me to go write a sci-fi novel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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