The Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has launched India’s first Artificial Intelligence-driven community screening programme for Diabetic Retinopathy. This initiative has been undertaken by the AFMS in collaboration with AIIMS and the e-Health AI Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 

 

The Ministry of Defence, in a statement, said that the initiative marks a significant step towards strengthening early detection of diabetic eye disease and building a real-time national health intelligence framework. It added that the platform facilitates automated screening, grading and triaging of retinal images along with generating real-time data on disease prevalence and geographic distribution.

 

 

The Ministry further informed that AFMS will implement the initiative at seven locations across the country as part of the pilot phase, including Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dharamshala, Gaya, Jorhat and Kochi.