Designing Equitable AI for Health in LMICs: A Human-Centered Imperative
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Nov 2025

Designing Equitable AI for Health in LMICs: A Human-Centered Imperative

Sara Chamberlain /Urvashi Aneja /Savita Bailur /Kirsten Mathieson /Ndifanji Namacha /Claudia Lopes

Co-authored by Urvashi Aneja, this working paper highlights persistent design gaps and the perilous divergence between conventional AI lifecycles and human- and user-centred design approaches. It offers concrete recommendations for embedding human-centred AI principles and methods from the outset, underscoring that equity cannot be retrofitted.