
#11Medicine & HealthFront Page29 April 2026
Smart Healthcare Resource Allocation: How Sierra Leone Fixed Its Medicine Shortage
Researchers deployed a machine learning tool in Sierra Leone to predict where essential medicines are needed most. The system increased medicine access by 19 per cent despite working with extremely limited data.
By Chung AT, Abdulai J, Bayoh P, Sandi L, Smart F, Bastani H, Bastani O.