{"id":3180,"date":"2025-03-21T18:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/air.ug\/?page_id=3180"},"modified":"2025-04-14T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:46:04","slug":"project-end-to-end-ai-and-data-systems-for-targeted-surveillance-and-management-of-covid-19-and-future-pandemics-affecting-uganda-coast-funded-by-idrc-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/air.ug\/?page_id=3180","title":{"rendered":"Project : End-to-end AI and data systems for targeted surveillance and management of COVID-19 and future pandemics affecting Uganda (COAST). 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This is achieved through the collaborative effort of four workstreams focused on: (1) mining text and audio data to understand community perceptions; (2) developing detection and diagnostic tools for improved healthcare delivery; (3) modeling and forecasting disease transmission to inform policy; and (4) analyzing air quality and its relationship to COVID-19 risk.<br \/>we focused on four key objectives:<\/p><p>1. Collecting and transcribing radio data from different regions of Uganda.<br \/>2. Using the transcribed data to train and develop Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Keyword Spotting models for three widely spoken Ugandan languages \u2014 Luganda, Acholi, and Lumasaaba.<\/p><p>3. Analyzing the radio data for COVID-19-related mentions, particularly around vaccination and public awareness.<\/p><p>4. Training the Luganda ASR model using transcribed radio data alongside Common Voice data to improve speech recognition accuracy.<\/p><p>Recorded radio broadcasts provide a rich source of information for capturing the voices of marginalized communities, especially women and those without internet access. 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