SARAH: A Digital Health Promoter Prototype

Context

SARAH is a digital health promoter prototype launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).

• Previous versions of SARAH under the name Florence, was  used to disseminate critical public health messages, during the COVID-19 pandemic on the virus, vaccines, tobacco use, healthy eating and physical activity.

SARAH (Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health)

• Powered by: SARAH is an Generative AI based digital health model with technology  supported by Soul Machines Biological AI.
• It represents an evolution of AI-powered health information avatars and uses  new language models and cutting-edge technology.
• It can engage users 24 hours a day in 8 languages on multiple health topics, on any device.
• Features:  
• • Information dissemination:  To provide information across major health issues  including healthy habits and mental health, to help people optimize their health and well-being journey.
  • Right to health: As an additional tool in the hands of  people to realize their rights to health.
  • Real time information: The Generative AI model ensures real-time response with enhanced accuracy.
  • Human touch: It will provide nuanced, empathetic responses to users by engaging in dynamic personalized conversations at scale that more accurately mirror human interactions
  • To develop better understanding of risk factors: SARAH can help people in assessing risk factors for some of the major diseases including cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes etc
  • Repository of Information for a healthy lifestyle: SARAH will enable people to access up-to-date information on quitting tobacco, being active, eating a healthy diet, and de-stressing among other things

DOWNLOAD PDF