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OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine February 2023 Innovation and Technology in Global Health Section Editor: Swapnil Parve, MD Written by Swapnil Parve, MD Director of International Affairs at the NH/ UVMLCOM Global Health Program Commentary Highlights Reflections Voice of Uganda Voices of Hispanic/Latinx Global Local Innovation and Technology Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet A number of ground-breaking technologies have emerged in the twenty-first century that have changed the way we monitor our health. Wearables provide real-time information about some of the most important health parameters like heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and blood glucose levels. The use of handheld devices (smartphones, tablets) to perform echocardiography or point-ofcare-ultrasound have revolutionized the way physicians approach patients. One of the greatest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been digitalization of health, including but not limited to the penetration of telemedicine or telehealth. Although we previously had digital tools, the pandemic has forced us to augment its use to organize, train, mobilize, and deploy scattered healthcare human resources. Healthcare institutions can now more effectively distribute limited resources among competing demands thanks to technology. Nursing Division Womens Health News Among the Letters Article of the Month Congratulations Photo Gallery Calendar Resources Previous Issues of the eMagazine Caption: Global impact of antimicrobial resistance on human health. Source: Centrient Pharmaceuticals Technology continued on next page >> 20
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine February 2023 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is reaching a tipping point. According to a report published by the United Nations, AMR could result in about 10 million deaths annually and trillions of dollars of loss to world GDP by 2050. Hence, it is no surprise that tackling the AMR has become one of the key missions of the World Health Organization and it has recommended countries to “invest in ambitious research and development for new technologies to combat antimicrobial resistance”. Since then, new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing etc. have emerged that can potentially change the way we could tackle AMR and develop new drugs. Commentary Highlights Reflections Voice of Uganda Voices of Hispanic/Latinx Global Local Today, we will be sharing a review article with our audience on using Deep learning in combating the AMR. Although the term “Deep learning” sounds too geeky, it’s easy to understand. Before we present a summary of the review, let’s attempt to understand the terminology. Innovation and Technology Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Nursing Division Womens Health News Among the Letters Article of the Month Congratulations Photo Gallery Calendar Resources Deep learning (DL) is a subset of machine learning, which itself is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI). Neural networks (NN) also known as artificial neural networks (ANNs) or simulated neural networks (SNNs), are a subsection of machine learning (ML) and form the backbone of DL algorithms. The article highlights application of AI in discovery of new antibiotics. Drug development, and especially researching new antibiotics is a long process and attributes significant financial burden. The authors briefly discuss antimicrobial peptides testing as well as detection of AMR genes via DL. According to the results it is clear that AI can shorten the pre-clinical phase by swiftly generating many substances based on algorithms created by ML algorithms through techniques such as NN or DL. If translated for clinical use, this technology has the potential to tame the AMR pandemic. Link to the article: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111674. Previous Issues of the eMagazine 21
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