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Maternal mortality remains a significant issue in rural communities of Nigeria, influenced by healthcare practices, cultural beliefs, and communication gaps during antenatal care. This research seeks to uncover the root causes of maternal deaths and ...

Designing effective learning tools for medical student groups in the Global South presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. This is because educational environments in these regions are shaped by factors such as limited resources, varying ...

This research leverages artificial intelligence to design an African food recommendation system for weight loss. The rationale for designing this system was based on our recently published study on the design of socio-cultural food recognition systems ...

It has been shown that less than 25 percent of people continue to use health and wellness apps after the first time they use them. Despite the importance of user engagement for the efficacy of such apps and mobile health (mHealth) systems, many of these ...

In this article, we present the iterative design of an Afrocentric e-learning system. To ensure cultural inclusivity and promote effective student learning, gamification principles, frameworks, and theories are integrated into the design. So far, an ...

The proliferation of the internet has significantly increased social media usage in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, where over 163 million users engage in diverse activities. However, existing privacy and security studies and solutions are ...