{"id":36488,"date":"2026-06-08T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36488"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:04:00","slug":"ai-stethoscope-improves-tb-detection-in-sa-informal-settlements","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ai-stethoscope-improves-tb-detection-in-sa-informal-settlements\/","title":{"rendered":"AI stethoscope improves TB detection in SA informal settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">An innovative palm-sized Artificial Intelligence (AI) stethoscope is offering a major breakthrough for Tuberculosis (TB) detection in South Africa\u2019s informal settlements.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The cutting-edge technology was recently tested by Project Impilo at a school screening day in Joe Slovo, Cape Town, Western Cape province.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Project partners say the device provides a portable, game-changing alternative to traditional X-ray machines in a country where TB claims fifty-thousand lives annually.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Chief Executive Officer of the Impilo Project Doctor \u00a0Dale Smith says, \u201cWhat we bringing to the healthcare system is really accessibility from both a portability aspect and the cost aspect. So, x-rays, yes they are, you know, can be bulky and difficult to transport and sometimes even have some regulatory requirements to be set up in certain areas, but they\u2019re also really expensive. Whereas, our tool is, you know, it fits in the palm of your hands, it\u2019s a low-cost solution, and it can be used by multiple different users. It doesn\u2019t have to be a radiographer. So, a community health worker can use our tool, which is another massive advancement in accessibility to the community for screening.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-36488","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Project partners say the device provides a portable, game-changing alternative to traditional X-ray machines in a country.","published_date":"","news_description":"Project partners say the device provides a portable, game-changing alternative to traditional X-ray machines in a country.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36491,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36488\/revisions\/36491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}