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AI based Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme.
- India’s first AI-driven community screening programme for Diabetic Retinopathy (DR).
- Aim: To reduce blindness due to diabetes through early diagnosis.
- The initiative uses MadhuNetrAI, an AI platform, to enable early detection and referral of diabetic eye disease at the community level.
- It is a collaborative effort of the Armed Forces Medical Services and the eHealth AI Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- The Pilot programme will cover seven different locations: Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dharamshala, Gaya, Jorhat and Kochi.
