GFBR 2022: Theme 2 plenary session

Theme 2 plenary session from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research 2022 on the topic 'Ethics of AI in global health research’. The theme title is ‘Importance of local context and engagement when developing AI tools’.

Theme summary:

This theme focuses on the implementation and introduction of AI technologies for health. The papers raise a number of issues, including: Who is involved in decisions around what an AI technology looks like when being introduced in a new environment? Who gets to influence the process through which the technologies are introduced (including iterations in the design of the technology) and the way the technology becomes used in a local environment? These issues in turn relate to the distribution of power in the implementation environment, who is making investments in technology, disruptions to the work process of health care workers and the need to engage community members and patients to inform the process of the implementation research. The papers also raise methodological issues.

Chair: Jay Shaw, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Canada

Speakers:

Ethical issues associated with the development of an ear biometric tool for patient identification in Zambia
Alinani Simukanga – University of Zambia, Zambia

Adherence vs agency: AI for behaviour change in health
Niyoshi Shah – Quicksand Design Studio, India

Feasibility, acceptance and ethical considerations of a mobile clinical decision support system in Botswana
Kagiso Ndlovu – University of Botswana, Botswana